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HISTORY

NEWBURYPORT, MASS.

1764-1909

JOHN J. CURRIER

Author of *'Ould Newbuiy**; Historical and Biographical Sketches,
and History of Newbury, Mass.

Volume II
With Maps and Illustrations

NEWBURY PORT, MASS.

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR

1909

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter Pacb
XIX. Topography, Shipwrecks, Fire Engines, Pouce, Steam

Navigation, etc 13

XX. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, Mhjtary Compa-
nies, Gun House and Veteran Artillery Association 84
XXI. Ix>d<:es, nuNEvoijtNTSaciirriRs, Cori-orations, Literary,

Musical AND other Associations .119

XXII. Biographical Sketches op Merchants, Sea Captains and

Shipowners . . .189

XXIII. Lawyers and Doctors 255

XXIV. Authors, Artists AND Engravers 311

XXV. Philanthropists and Benepactors 380

XXVI. Contributors to the Puruc Library Fund . . 40a

XXVII. Eccentric Characters 419

XXVin. Revivausts, FoREicN Travelers, and other Celebritirs 455

XXIX. Members op Congress prom Newbury and Newburyi<ort 467

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APPENDIX.

Mkmbkrk ok the Massaciiusr-its Senate Elected prom

Newbury, Newburyport AND West Newbury . 491

Books AND Pamphlets 495

Henry Lunt and Some op His Descendants . .503

Soldiers Stationed AT Plum Island 515

Additions to, and Corrections of, iiib History op New-
bur vmRT, Volume I 529

Additions TO, and Corrections op, the History op New*

buryport, Volume II 539

Additions to, and Corrections of, the History of Newbury 562
Additions to, and Corrections of, "Ould Newbury":

Historical and Biographical Sketches . . 570

The Brioantine Warren 59a

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APPENDIX

X. Sblectmkn Electro in Nbwburyport prom 1764 to 1851 . 597
XI. Mayors and Mbmbbrs ok thb Board of Alobrmbn from

1851 TO 1909 603

XIK Conclusion 614

Indbx 619

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MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

View ok NewnuRvroRT from Ring's Island, F^onHspieet.

Life Saving Station, 1890 Ptige ai

Life Saving Station, 1908 23

Wreck of schooner Carrie H. Spofford 34

Wreck of schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper 36

Fife lUicket, 1 746 38

Fire Backets, 1776 39

Engraved Notice of Meeting of the Unkm Fire Society . • • 30

Steam Fire Engine «» Eon " 41

Enoch C. Flanders, ** Town Crier" 53

Titcomb House on Green Street 55

Residence of Capt. William Nichols 66

Steamer City of Haverhill, built in 1880 73

Steamer Merrimack, built in 1893 73

Steamer E. P. Shaw 77

Steam-Tugs Famsworth and lliurlow Weed 79

Steam Yacht Dora 8a

Residence Col. Moms Little at Turkey Hill 87

Residence of Col. Edward Wigglesworth 95

Residence of Gen. Jonathan Titcomb 103

Gun House 116

Philip K. Hills . 136

Gokl Medal Awarded Capt. William Coomlis ' 131

Certificate of the Female Charitable Society 13a

Old Ladies* Home 139

Old Men's Home 141

Bartlet Steam Mills 150

Peabody Manufacturing Company Mills 15a

Phenix Insurance Company Building 1 59

One Dollar Rill isBued by the Newlniryport Bank in 1840 . . 166

Ne wintry |)nrl At lK*n:vum '* III M>k IMulc ** . . . . . 172

Robert Hooper 193

Ihmch Bowl presented to Jonathan Greenleaf in 1 75a .... ao8

Patrick Tracy aiy

Residence of Joseph O'Brien 334

Moses Brown aa 7

William Famham «... 331

Residence of William Bartlet 336

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Silver Tankard presented to Philip Johnson in 1 795 .... 243

Capt Micajah Lunt 252

William Gushing 254

Katberine (Famham) Hay 259

Ebenezer Moseley 273

John Pierpont 279

Residence of Dr. Micajah Sawyer 392

John Barnard Swett's Book-plate 294

Dr. Richard S. Spofford 305

Dr. Henry C. Perkins 306

Hannah F. Gould 312

Birthplace of William Lloyd Garrison 316

Right-Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D 3'9

Ben : Perley Poore 330

James Parton 333

Residence of Mrs. I^Iarriet (Prescott) Spofford 342

William Swain > • • 35^

lliomas W. Lawson 352

John Appleton Brown 355

*' A Moment^s Leisure," by William E. Norton 357

<'The Ancient Mariner/' by William E. Norton 358

Face of Bank Bill, designed and patented by Jacob Perkins . . . 364

Back of Bank Bill designed and patented by Jacob Perkins . . 366

Jacob Perkins . . . * 369

Infuriated Despondency . 373

Wolfe Tavern, 1807 378

Rev. William Horton, D. D 383

Oliver Putnam's Book-plates 386

Putnam Free School Building, 1848 388

Putnam Free School Building, 1868 390

William Wheelwright 394

Hon. Josiah Little 403

John Rand Spring 412

Residence of Timothy Dexter 423

Timothy Dexter and his Dog 426

Gravestones in Memory of Timothy Dexter and his Wife 429

Jonathan Plummer 431

Residence of llieophilus Qradbury 472

Hon. Jeremiah Nelson 475

Hon. Caleb Gushing 483

Hon. Eben F. Stone 486

Salt Works in Salisbury, Mass . 530

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History of Newburyport.

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CHAPTER XIX.

TOPCM3RAPHY, SHIPWRECKS, FIRE ENGINES, POLICE, STEAM
NAVIGATION, ETC.

An ice-sheet, or continental glacier, twenty-three hundred
feet thick, is siipiwsed to have covcretl all New England in the
ice epoch.

" The topography of Essex County owes its characteristic features to
the work of the continental glacier. This glacial drift assumes, within
comparatively limited areas, forms so numerous and so varied as to ren-
der the region an exceptional one for study. The bare, rounded surfaces
of the granite and other outcropping bed-rocks tell the story of a grind-
ing force. The long, sloping hills, the drumlins of boulder-till, the ** ket-
tle holes,** or sites where icebergs in front of a retreating ice-sheet had
been buried in over-wash sands and gravels, are all to be seen in various
parts of the county."*

On the easterly side of the road through the ** Pines," ex-
tending from the old Amesbury ferry road to the Curzon Mill
road, in Newburyixirt, kamcs and ice holes arc numerous and
clearly defined.' A broad-topped esker extends the whole
length of High street, through Old town, in Newbury, and
out into the tidal marsh north of Parker river.' On this
ridge, or esker, of boulder-till and gravel, a broad highway
was laid out from what is now known as the lower green, in

^'ITic Jliynical G€<>grn|>liy, Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology ol ICssex
County, Mom., by John Henry Sears, page 259.

•"ITie term Kame is used to designate deposits, chieHy o( sand and gravel, made
at the margin or periphery of the glacier, or pushed along in front of ice blocks,
'Sometimes entirely covering them.

'Eskers, composed chiefly of coarse gravel, rounded boulders and sand, are
believed to have been deposited in the beds of sub-glacial streams. In eastern
Massachusetts they are rarely found more than a mile long.

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Newbury, to Poore's lane, now Woodland street, Newburyport,.
as early as 1645.

The Merrimack river was probably a halting place of the glacial ice
in its retreat northward, for its southern shore, from the mouth of the
Parker river to Pipe Stave hill, marks typical ice-contacts of morainal-till
and overwash gravels capped by sand and silt. High street, in Newbury
and Ncwlmryport, is laid out upon the (op of the terrace formed l>y this
ice-contact, a section of which shows it to be composed of boulder-till
and clay-beds resting upon the glaciated bed-rock of quartz, augite dio-
rite in varying depths. At Grasshopper plain it is at least fifty feet in
thickness, and is covered by twenty feet of coarse gravel, with twenty-
five feet of fine sand at the surface. This fine sand is creased by a
number of steep sided valleys, or drainage-creases, extending in a south-
erly direction to the Little river clay-beds in Newbury. A section of this
terrace across High street, extending from the river through Green
street to the frog pond by " the Mall," gives boulder-till on High street
at an elevation of eighty feet above tide water. The frog pond is the
site of a small detached iceberg that was buried in the morainal-till.
South of " the Mall " the overwash and outwash gravels have formed a
series of cones and short ridges or kames of sand and gravel extending
southeasterly into Newbury. The tracks of the Boston and Maine rail-
road cut through these gravels on the west, and the track of the City
Freight railroad cuts through them on the east.

South of Oak Hill Cemetery there is a " kettle hole " which, a few
years ago, contained a floating island. In the spring of the year, when
the melting snows raise the water level, this pond covers an area of about
a quarter of an acre. It is a typical small ice-block hole, with south-
eastern outwash sand and gravel kames probably deposited in cracks or
gorges in the glacial ice which filled the whole valley of Little river.'

When the town of Newbury was incorporated, in 1635, it
had an area of about thirty thousand acres of land and water,
bounded on the north and west by the Merrimack river, on
the south by the town of Ipswich, and on the east by the
Atlantic ocean. The first settlers built their dwelling houses
near the " lower green," on the north bank of the Quascacun-
quen, now Parker, river. In 1639, that portion of this

*The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex County,.
Mass., by John Henry Sears, pages 296-301.

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territory, lying southerly of the present line of Newbury and
West Newbury, was set off as a part of the new town of
Rowley; and in 1645 a new settlement was laid out on the
southerly bank of the Merrimack river in Newbury^ which
soon became a flourishing seaport. From the country road,
now High street, long lanes extended to the river, and as early
as 1725 a few narrow streets were laid out, intersecting these
lanes at nearly right angles. The population between Cottle's
lane, now Bromfield street, and Poorc's lane, now Wood-
land street, steadily increased in numbers, and in 1764 ** the
merchants, traders and mcchanicks ** living within the limits
named petitioned the General Court for liberty to organize a
new town. This i>etition, after a vigorous struggle, was granted,
and the town of Newburyport was incorporated. It extended
from Cottle's lane on the south to what is now Oakland street
on the north, including within its territorial limits about
six hundred and forty acres of land, and a population of
about twenty-eight hundred. In 1850, the number of in-
habitants had increased to nine thousand five hundred.
Twenty-eight hundred more were added by the annexation of
a part of Newbury in 185 1, and the boundary line was extended
to Artichoke river on the west and to Plum island on the east.
Ncwbury|K)rt has now a i^)pulation of fourteen thousand
seven hundred, and an area of eighteen square miles, equivalent
to eleven thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land and
water, including swamps and highways.

Several maps and engravings, giving the location of streets
and public buildings in Newburyport, have been published
since its incorporation, in 1764. A view of the town and
harlx)r, f rom the Old Hill burying ground, drawn by IJenjamin
Johnscm in 1774, and a map drawn by Joseph Somcrby in
1795, have been reproduced in a previous volume.'

An engraving, probably published in 1796, giving a view of
the wharves, shipping, and a part of the town, with the old

* History o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 20 and 80.

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wind-mill faintly outlined in the distance, is exceedingly rare
and of great historic value. The name of the engraver is un-
known, and no criticism or commendation ol his work has been
discovered. In an advertisement, however, published in the
Impartial Herald in March, April, May and June, 1796, Ben-
jamin Tucker respectfully informs his customers that he has
copies of an engraving of the town of Newburyport for sale
at his shop on State street, '* at the sign of the Painter's
Arms." The frontispiece of this volume is a reproduction,
slightly reduced in size, of one of these old engravings now
in the ix)ssession of the writer.

SHIPWRECKS AND LIKK SAVING STATIONS.

Plum island, extending nearly nine miles in a southerly
direction, from the mouth of the Merrimack to the mouth of
Ipswich river, is separated from the mainland by a shallow
winding stream. Only a small portion of the northern end
of the island, including Lighthouse ix)ini, is within the limits
of Newburyport.* The sandy soil has scanty vegetation.
Thin patches of long, coarse grass, and a few bushes, bearing
small, acrid plums which give to the island its name, grow
in sheltered places on the western slope of the low, fantastic
sand hills that have l^een formed and fashioned by the action
of the wind and the sea.

In winter, when the wind is blowing fresh from the north-
east, and the air is thick with falling rain or snow, the roar of
the waves beating upon the shore can be heard far inland.
Vessels coming on the coast at such a time find it difficult to
withstand the fury of the blast, and are frequently wrecked
on the island.

At the beginning of the Revolutionary war a fort was built
on or near what is now known as Lighthouse point ; and in
1783 two beacons were erected by the Newburyport Marine

1 Sec map on page 208, volume I, History of Newlniryport (Currier).

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Society to mark the channel and enable vessels to enter and
leave the harbor in safety. '

In December, 1786, a small sloop was wrecked on Plum
island during a severe snow storm. The captain was saved,
although his feet and hands were badly frozen, and two sea-
men, taking refuge under a stack of hay, died from hunger
and exhaustion. Their bodies were discovered after diligent
search and brought to Newburyiwrt for burial.

In 17S7, two small houses were erected by the Murine So-
ciety, and sui>plied with cooking utensils, heavy blankets, and
other articles likely to be needed by shipwrecked mariners,'
and two lighthouses were built, at the northern end of the
island, by a committee appointed for that purpose by the Gen-
eral Court.^

The Merrimack Humane Society, organized in 1802, paid
for the construction of three houses of shelter, or relief huts,
in 1804, and directed mariners, by printed notices and
pamphlets, how to find them. These houses were frequently
visited, however, by malicious or mischievous persons, and
with great difficulty were kept in repair for twenty years.

Early in October, 1805, during a severe storm, the sloop
Blue Bird, Cai)t. Henry Brown, from Boston to Newbury|K)rt,
with a cargcj of hardware, books, stationery, woolen goods,
and other merchandise, valued at one hundred thousand dol-
lars, was driven liigh on the beach, near where the light-
house now stands. The officers and crew were saved, but the
cargo, injurctl by exposure to the wind and weather, was prac-
tically a tota) loss,

Novemlx:r 2, 1837, the schooner Lombard, Robert Blatch-
ford, master, loaded with grindstones, went ashore on the

' ' " OtiM NewUiry ": Ttistorica] and Biographicd Sketches, page 213; History
o( Newbury |xvT I (Cumer), voliime I, page 607.

s " OuKl Ncwiiury *' : l4istorical and Biographical Sketches, page 591 ; History
of NcwtHjryji4irt (CiiHlimg), page 40.

* Ki^ory of New Intry port (Currier), volume I, page 67.

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island about half a mile in a southerly direction from Light-
house point. The captain was taken from the rigging of the
vessel after the storm had abated, but the crew, consisting of
Pickering Ward, Peter Tidd and William Cole, of Rockix)rt,
N. B., became exhausted, and were washed overl)oard before
they could be reached by boats from the shore. Many of the
grindstones were imbedded in the sand, and remained there
for several years, some of them being hauled to Newbury,
Newburyport, Rowley and other towns in Essex county, and
sold at prices barely exceeding the cost of transportation.

November $, 1839, ^^ schooner Rebecca, Captain Green-
law, from Calais, Maine, for Boston, was wrecked on the south
breaker. Her jxissengers and crew were taken off by boats
from the shore. The vessel was a total loss.

December 23, 1839, ^^ brig Pocahontas, Capt. James G.
Cook, from Cadiz for Newburyport, was wrecked nearly half
a mile in an easterly direction from the Plum Island hotel.
She was owned by Capt. John N. Gushing, and carried a crew
of twelve or thirteen men. Owing to the high wind and heavy
sea, it was impossible to obtain assistance from the shore, and
all on board perished. The body of Captain Cook was recov-
ered a day or two later. He was buried on Friday, December
twenty-seventh, from the residence of Capt. Isaac G. Tappan,
on Orange street. Albert Cook, chief mate, and seven of the
crew, whose bodies were found on the beach, were taken to
the Federal Street meeting-house, where funeral services were
held Monday afternoon, December thirtieth. Prayers were
offered, and remarks were made appropriate to the occasion
by Rev. Luther F. Dimmick, Rev. Daniel Dana, and Rev.
Randolph Campbell. A long procession of citizens followed
the bodies to their last resting place, in the Old Hill burying
ground, while the church bells were tolled, and the ships in
the harbor displayed their flags at half-mast.*

In the centre of the lot in which they were buried the New-

* Sec Historic Stomis of New England, by Sidney Perley, page 273.

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buryport Bethel Society erected a simple marble monument,
bearing the following inscription : —

Here lie the remains of

Seven

of the unfortunate

Crew

of the Brig Pocahontas

which

was wrecked on

Plumb Island

Dec. 23, 1839.

<* In foreign lands their humble grave adorned,
By strangers honored and by strangers mourned.''

The schooner Frederic Reed, Henderson Foster, master, with
a cargo of lumber, from East Machias, Maine, bound to Boston,
was wrecked on the island, September 30, 1 844. The offi-
cers, crew and three female passengers were rescued with
great difficulty by boats sent from Lighthouse point.

The schooner Augusta, Captain Leach, from Castine,
Maine, for Boston, went ashore on the beach during a severe
gale, Friday morning, August 6, 1847. The crew was saved,
but the vessel was a complete wreck.

December 3, 1849, ^^^ schooner Nancy, from Wiscasset,
Maine, with a cargo of bricks, went ashore near the southerly
end of the island. The officers and crew were drowned. The
bodies of the captain and two seamen were found on the
beach a few days later. The vessel was a total loss.

The schooner Argus, of Frankfort, with a cargo of hnm-
mered stone, was wrecked near Emerson's rocks, at the south-
erly end of the island, December 24, 1850. Capt. Allard
Crockett was saved, but the other officers, with five sailors,
were drowned, or died from exposure to the bitter cold
weather. Several of the bodies were recovered, and buried on
the twenty-eighth from the First Presbyterian meeting-house
on Federal street.

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The brig Primrose, Capt. Samuel Bokman, from Pictou, N.S.,
bound to Boston, with a cargo of coal, was driven high on
•the beach in a/ierce storm, April 15, 185 1.* The captain^
crew, and one passenger, nine persons in all, were rescued
from their perilous situation by the brave and persistent efforts
of three or four men, who came to their assistance, standing
in the surf for nearly three hours, until a life-line thrown
from the brig was caught and secured to the shore.' The
vessel remained imbedded in the sand until the middle of July
following, when her cargo was taken in lighters to Boston,
and she was hauled off into deep water by the steam-tug C.
B. Stevens, and towed into Newburyport for repairs.

The schooner Sunl>eam, a small vessel of alx>ut seventy tons
register, with a cargo of lumber, from York, Maine, went
ashore on the north breaker January 8, 1858. The captain,
James Toggerson, was washed overboard and drowned, but
Josiah Johnson of Newburyport and George Hutchings of
York, seamen, were saved by boats from the Salisbury shore.

The schooner E. A. Creed, Capt. William I. Hunt, with an
excursion party on board, went ashore on the bar July $,.
1867, while attempting to enter the harbor during a thunder
storm. The passengers and crew were taken off in boats.
Several days later the vessel was floated, and subsequently
repaired in Portsmouth, N. H.

On the twenty-first of July following, the schooner Olive
Branch, Captain Lopans, with a cargo of lumber from Calais,
Maine, for Beverly, Mass., was wrecked at Sandy beach^
Plum island. The captain and a small boy were saved. The
mate was severely injured, and died from the effects of his
wounds.

' In the summer following this disaster a new relief hut was built about three-
f|uarters of a mile northwest of Kmerson's rocks, and supplied with dry fuel, straw
bedtling, matches, and lanterns. The hut and its contents was placed in charge
of Capt. J. Small, who resided on the westerly side of the island, nearly opposite
the beach where the vessel was wrecked.

' See Historic Storms of New England, page 306.

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LIKK SAVINC STAT;0N, 189O.

The first United States life saving station on Plum island
was built at Sandy beach in 1874. Robert Floyd was placed
in charge of the station, with six assistants, or surfmcn, all
citizens of Newbury port. In December, 1881, the station
was moved tn the northerly end of the island, near Lighthouse
|«>int» In 1S90, Capt. James W. Elliott was appointed keeper,
ami a new Imildinfr was erected near the old one, which was
rcmmlclcti and converted into a workshop and storehouse.

Thomas J, Maddock has had charge of the station from
July I9t i^<)(h until the present time. On the first day of
July, igo2» the name Plum Island station was changed to the
Newburv|K>rt Life Saving station, and since that date it has
Ikicii so dt:si|(naled in the official re|K)rts issued by the treas-
ury tlcpjN tnienl at Washington, I). C

In 1890, it was considered advisable to establish a new sta-
tion near the southerly end of the island, and a suitable build-
ing was erected at Knobb's beach. Frank E. Stevens was
apixnntetl kee]>cr, a position he still retains. On the first day
of July, igo2, the name Knobb's Beach station was changed
to Plum Island Life Saving station.

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I.IKK SAVINC; STATION, I908.

Since 1874, more than one hiiiulred serious disasters have
occurred on the island, and nearly as many others of lesser
importance have been reported where assistance has been
rendered and life and property saved. The details of these
disasters will be found in the annual re|X)rts of the treasury
department, and in a table of casualties recently compiled in
Washington, D. C, under the direction of Sumner I. Kimball,
general superintendent of the United States Life Saving ser-
vice, at the request of the writer of this sketch. From these
and other sources of information it appears that the following-
named vessels were wreckcxl or stranded on the island at
various dates, beginning with the year 1875.

The schooner Lacon, Captain Kilpatrick, from Weehawken,
■with a cargo of coal for William S. Coffin of Newburyix)rt,
went ashore on the north breaker November 10, 1875. The
captain, crew and part of the cargo were saved. The schooner
was hauled off from her perilous }X)sition a month later, and
towed into Newburyport for repairs.

On Saturday, March 31, 1877, ^he schooner Flying Fish,
Capt. William Parker, and the schooner Queen of the Bay,

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Capt. Sanuicl Short, were wrecked on the bar. The officers
and men reached the shore in safety, but the vessels were a
total loss. Ov\ the first day of July following, the sch<K)ner
Ann Maria, Captain Robbins, went ashore at or near the same
place, and was abandoned by the crew, who were taken off in
boats.

November aS» iS/S^ the schooner William Carroll, Captain
lliggins, with hnnbcr from Bangor, Maine, for Salisbury,
Mass., was tlri%Tu on the beach at Salisbury i^)int, nearly op-
posite PKim (sliuul li^lit house, during a violent storm. The
crew was saved, but the vessel was destroyed and the lumber
scattered l*y the wind and waves.

Juivc 10, 1.S81, the schooner Alice Oakes, from Kennebunk,
MaitiCi with a cargo of lumber, for New York, went ashore
at Essex Ixracli, nearly I wo miles below Ipswich lighthouse.
The ofTicers ami criw were saved, and the vessel was subse-
([ncnlly lowi'd into Nfvv bury port and repaired.

May 2i» |H83» \.\\v steamer City l\)int. Captain Ludlow,
with a car^a trf general merchandise and forty-one passengers,
was wrecked neai^ I*jnerson's rocks. The passengers and crew
were saved, but the vessel and cargo were lost.

The schonncr \*ir^nnia, two hundred and thirty-four tons
register, Cafilain JUiijjjoss, from lk)ston for R(K*kport, Mass.,
was driven high on the beach at Plum island October 13,
i88s,and aficrwanis nindemned by the underwriters and sold.

i^ehniary 10, iSKfi, the fishing schooner Lizzie 11. Haskell,
Captain Marshall, wont ashore on the beach, and was a total
lt>ss. On the sixth of April following, the schooner Beta, with
a cargrj of wood and a crew of .six men, two adult pas.sengers
aiid six children, was wrecked on the north breaker. One
mriii and three thildrcn were drowned. The vessel was sub-
sequently hauled off and repaired.

The schotmcr iManklin, Captain Upham, from Thomaston,
Maine, for New York City, went ashore three-quarters of a
mile south of the life saving station November 13, 1886,
and was a tola I l<^ss.

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WRKCK OK SCHOONKR lAKRIK II. Sitll'KORI).

The same day the schooner Carrie II. Spofford was wrecked
about one quarter of a mile north of the station. John D.
Parsons, Rev. James II. Van liuren, John \V. Sargent, Philip
H. Creasey and Arthur L. Iluse of Newburyport, by the use
of the breeches buoy, assisted in rescuing the captain, crew
and one passenger. The vessel was subsequently driven on
the beach, where she remained in a dilapidated condition, as
shown in the above half-tone print, until completely destroyed
by the action of the wind and waves.

November 3, iSiS/, the sch<M)ner Jolin IC. Sanford, loaded
with coal, from Glace Hay, C li., for Newburyport, went
ashore on the north breaker. A part of her cargo was saved,
but the vessel was a total loss. December 5, 1889, the
schooner Hannah Stone was wrecked near the same place.
The officers and crew were saved with great difficulty by men
connected with the life saving station.

August 19, 1891, the schooner Lucy M. Collins, with a
cargo of coal, from New York for Ipswich, was driven ashore
near the southerly end of Plum island ; and on the sixth of
December following the schooner M. L. Wetherell, loaded

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-with sand, was stranded near Lighthouse ix)int. l^th vessels
were a total loss.

May 4, 1893, the schooner Brave, from Deer Isle, Maine,
was wrecked near the life saving station at Knobb's beach.
The captain and three men were drowned. Their bodies were
recovered and sent to Ueer Isle.

jitnc 30, 1^95, tlic Bchooner Mary G. Powers went ashore
cm rUim i?ilantl. The vessel was only slightly damaged, and the
officers and crew, consisting of twenty-three men, were saved.
On the r<Kirth of Jtily faHowing, the three-masted schooner
Ahbic and Eva HixjiJei, with coal, from Philadelphia for
Aincsbujy, Miiss., was .siranded near the life saving station.
The officers anil crew were rescued in an exhausted condition.
Ten m twelve days later the schooner was hauled from the
beach into deep water by the steam-tug " Right Arm ** and
taken to Hoslon for repairs. The half-tone print on the next
l>nfjc ffivcji a view of tlic vessel when a jwrtion of her cargo
haf I been removed by steam-tugs and lighters that came to her
assistance**

February 9, i8g6, Ihe schooner Alianza, from Port John-
s<Mi, New Jersey, with cr»a), for St. John, New Brunswick,
went ashore ali^Hit threcHjviarters of a mile south of the New-
bur)'iK>rt Life Saving stalion. The vessel was a total wreck.
Four of the crew were saved, but the captain, cook and one
sailf^r were waslied overtKiard and drowned.

Dcccniber 23, 1899, a small steamer, Laura Marion, under
the command of Ca|il. William Pettingell, from Gloucester
(or NcwburyjXirt, was swamped by a heavy sea on the bar,
while attcniptin;:^ to enter the harlx)r. All hands were lost,
and only a few articles of value were recovered from the
wreck.

May 25, 1902, the stei^nTcr Globe, from Plum Island point,
with a cargo of sand, for Portsmouth, N. H., went ashore on
the bar, but was hauled i>ff with the assistance of the crew

1 KcproclucccI from a ph<»t(>gra|»li taken by Sclwyn C. Kecd.

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connected with the life saving station, and proceeded on her
voyage.

August 15, 1904, the schooner Edwina, from Newport
News to Newburyix)rt, was stranded on Plum Island beach,
and remained there ten or twelve hours, but was not seriously
injured.

October 21, 1905, the schooner Shenandoah, about eight
hundred and forty tons register, from Philadelphia for New-
bury port, with a cargo of coal, went ashore about a mile and
a half northwest of the Newbury port Life Saving station,
but was hauled off without dilliculty, and the vessel and CcU*go
saved.

February 3, 1906, the sloop Fortuna, from Yarmouth,
Maine, for Boston, Mass., was stranded near the southerly
end of Plum island. She was navigated by two men, who
were completely exhausted by hunger and fatigue. They were
taken to the Ipswich lighthouse, near by, and provided with
food and dry clothing. The sloop remained imbedded in the
sand for several days, but was afterwards floated and taken to
Boston for repairs.

In addition to the above-mentioned disasters, a large num-
ber of small vessels, l)oats, and pleasure yachts have been
driven on the beach by stress of weather, and afterwards
floated and hauled off into deep water, comparatively unin-
jured. The facts and dates necessary to make the list of
these disasters complete, from 1875 to 1908, will be found in
the annual reports of the United States Life Saving Service.

FIRE SOCIRTIE8 AND riKE ENGINES.

Dr. John Sprague, who came to Newbury previous to 1738,
was a member of one of the societies organized for the pur-
|K)se of preventing, if ix)ssible, the destruction of property
by fire. A leather bucket, formerly in his possession, bear-

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FIRE BUCKET.

ing his name and the date of 1 746, is shown in the half-tone
print on this page. The bucket is now in the possession of
Miss Jane R. Wood of Newburyport.
Another bucket, an exact duplicate, is
in the possession of Mrs. Margaret
(Andrews) Allen of Madison, Wiscon-
sin.

The Dernier Resort Fire Society,
consisting of thirty members, was
organized as early as 1760. Rali)h
Cross, Caleb Cross, Lemuel ColTin,
Nathaniel Knapp, Isaac Knapp, John
Mycall, Timothy Palmer, Leonard
Smith, Abraham Williams, Robert
Williams and others were members of
the society. According to the rules
and regulations adopted at that date,
and afterwards revised and printed, each member was required
to keep at his residence two leather buckets and a knapsack
containing two canvas bags ready for use at all times. Two
of these leather buckets, formerly the property of Raljih Cross,
are now in the possession of the Newburyport Marine Society.
In December, 1775, the Marine Fire Society was organ-
ized. One of the articles of association adopted provided that
no person shall be elected a member of the society *' unless
he be a member of the Marine Society of Newburyport."
The second article reads as follows : —

Each of us will also keep in good order, hanging up in some con-
venient place in our respective dwellings, two leather buckets, in which
shall be two bags, each bag measuring one yard and a half in length,
and three-quarters of a yard in breadth, being hemmed at the mouths,
and having strong strings to draw them close ; the buckets and bags
shall be marked with the first letter of the owner^s Christian name and
with his surname at length, under a penalty of three shillings for each
. deficiency.'

* History of the Marine Society of Newbur)'port, pages 482-485.

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Moses Brown, Jonathan Parsons, Peter LeBreton, William
Farris, John O'Brien, Benjamin Rogers, Henry Lunt,Nicholas
Johnson, Charles Hodge, David Coats, William Coombs,
Joseph Newman, Michael Hodge, William P. Johnson, Edward
Wigglesworth, Ebenezer Stocker, William Nichols and others
were members of this society. It was not dissolved until the
close of the year 1833, and perhaps later. Two leather
buckets, formerly the property of William Nichols, captain
and part-owner of
the privateer In-
dependence in the
Revolutionary war,
are now in the
lX)ssession of his
gi and son, George
K. Male of Ncw-
buryiwrt. A pho-
tograph of Ihcsc
buckclK, taken for
the illustration n(
this sketch, is re-
protkiccci in the
halMonc [iriiit on
this \T;x^ii,

The UniiMi l^^ire
Society was organ-
ized February 2S, 1783. Benjamin Frothingham, Edward
Toppan, Willian) Cross, Daniel Balch, jr., Abraham Jackson,
Daniel CofBii, l^ichard Pike and other well-known citizens
of Ncwbnryp<jrt were members of this association. Meetings
wci'e held ttsually at Wolfe Tavern. The half-tone print on
the next j>agc is reproduced from an engraving in the
possession of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

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The Federal Fire Society was organized in 1791. At that
date the prominent members of the society were James
Hodge, Nathaniel Knap, jr., Isaac Knap, jr., Edward Sweat,
jr., Abraham Perkins, William Wyer, jr., David Wood, Joseph
Swasey, jr., and John Greenongb.

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The Phenix Fire Society was organized in 1 794. The
names and residences of the members of the society were
recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and afterward printed
in a small pamphlet,* with the rules and regulations, from
which the following copy is taken : —

* This pamphlet is in the possession of Charles F. Smith.

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NAME.

Thomas Morrison,
John BuiriU,
James Walsh,
Joseph Newmarch,
Thomas Uarilel,
James Potter,
Samuel Hale,
Samuel Ho3rt,
Joseph Hoyt,
John Buck,
John Somerby,
Nathaniel Marsh,
Henry Furlong,

RESIDENCE. NAME. RESIDENCE.

Kent St. Thomas Burrill, Winter st.

Olive lane John Boardman, Washington st.

ditto Stephen Frothingham, Market st.

Boardman st. John B. Titcomb, ditto

ditto Obadiah Horton, Merrimack st.

ditto Thomas Ham, ditto

ditto Ebenezer Gunnison, Titcomb st.

ditto Thomas M. Clark, Green st.

ditto Angier March, Market square

High St. Daniel llunncwcll, Water m(.

ditto Kleazer Johnson, ditto

ditto Samuel Newman, Federal st.
ditto

The Active Fire Society and Friendly Fire Society were
probably organized in 1803. They rendered efficient service
in the great fire of 181 1, and rcs|X)nded to a general
alarm for assistance in 1820, but no additional facts relating
to them have been discovered.

The Agile Fire Society was organized in 1805. William
Stocker, Ebenezer Stedman, John Chickering, jr., Prescott
Spalding, Zebalee Cook, jr., William Hooker, Ebenezer Hale,
jr., William P. Johnson, John Rand, John R. Hudson, Hector
Coffin and others were admitted to membership in the society
at or soon after the date of its organization.

The Vigilant Fire Society was organized in 1810. Daniel
Smith, James Caldwell, David Peabody, Alexander Caldwell,
jr., Henry Pardee, Elcazer Johnson, 3d, Joseph B. Towne,
Thomas Ordway, Charles Long and others were members of
the society at that date, or were admitted to membership a
few years later.

The Leonidas Fire Society was organized in July, 181 1.
It was dissolved a few years later, and reorganized in Febru-
ary, 1820. William Batch, George Greenleaf, William Stone,
Edmund Swett, Mark Symons, Stephen Tilton, Henry Tit-
comb and others were members of the society at the last-
named date.

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The Brutus Fire Society was organized July 19, 1824. The
prominent members of the society were John Andrews, Rob-
ert Cross, Samuel T. DeFord, Nathaniel Foster, Thomas Fos-
ter, Joseph Marquand, Stephen W. Marston and Richard S.
Spofford. ' '

FIRE ENGINES.

Nathan Hale, Enoch Plumer, Jonathan Titcomb and others
purchased a fire engine and built an engine house, at their own
expense, as early as 1755, for the protection of property in the
town of Newbury."

In 1762, another company was organized to take charge of
^ a fire engine which had been imix)rted by Michael Dalton and
others from London in the preceding year. When a part of
the town of Newbury was set off and incorporated by the
name of Newburyport, in 1764, there were three engines
within the limits of the new town.

March 23, 1764, the inhabitants of Newburyix)rt voted
** that the men belonging to y« several Engines in this Town
be excus'd from serving in any other office in the Town.**^

The members of Company No. One were John Brett, Enoch
Plumer, Eliphalet Noyes, Benjamin Cole, Somerby Moody^
Benjamin Howard, Nathaniel Howard, Richard Lowell, Joseph
Edwards and Joseph Frothingham. The members of Company
No. Two, " engine near Queen's wharf,'* at the foot of Market
street, were Samuel Nowell, Benjamin Pike, Obediah Horton,
John Stone, Michael Toppan, Isaac Johnson, jr., James Gid-
dings, John Stickney, Wyman Bradbury, Samuel Coker, Enoch
Pilsbury, Richard Kent, Joseph Rowell, Benjamin Pidgeon,^
Leonard Smith, Abraham Gallashan, Joseph Titcomb, Abiel
Somerby and Offin Boardman. Company No. Three, '* engine

1 For further detaib relating to the Agile, Vigilant, Leonidas and Brutui fire
•ocietiet, tee snail pamphlets containing their rules and regulations.

• History of Newbury (Currier), pages 285 and 286.

• Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 17.

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at the lower end of the town/* was composed of Gideon
Woodwell, Thomas Cross, Jonathan Parsons, John Nowell,
Joshua Norton, David Whitmore, Charles Cook, Jonathan
Whitmore, Benjamin Knight, Nathaniel Hunt, William John-
son, Isaac Noyes, Amos Knight, Benjamin Gerrish, Daniel
Johnson, Hezekiah Colby, jr., Joseph Rolph, John FoUansby,
Jacob Rolph and Francis Hodgkins.

March 18, 1768, the selectmen were ordered to provide,
at the expense of the town, '• three Fire Hooks with the ap-
pcrtinanccs or Furniture thereof," and also a ladder and suit-
able badges, or staffs of office, for the use of the fi rewards.'
Subsequently the following by-law was adopted by the inhab-
itants of Newbur}'port and approved by the court of general
sessions held at Salem December 27, 1769 : —

A Bye Law of the Town of Newbury Port to prevent Damage by
Fire in faid Town.

Whereas moft of the Buildings in the Town of Newburyport are of
Wood, and ftand fo nigh to each other that if any of them should take
Fire in a windy season, almost the whole Town would be endangered ;
& as many Houfes have old & decayed chimnies & many People are
carelefs of their Chimnies & do not get them fwept fo often as the fafety
of their own & their neighbours Houfes requires. — For preventing
which Evil, be it Enacted by the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the
Town of Newburyport by Law qualified to vote that the Firewards of
said Town for the Time being, or the major Part of them are hereby
authorifed to infpect all fuch Houfes, or other Places within faid Town,
wherein they apprehend any Danger to arife, from the Want of Repairs
or not laying any fecure Foundation for any Fire Place ; or keeping any
Hay, or other combustible matter, fo near, or fo expofed, to any neigh-
bouring Fire, as to be likely to be fet on Fire thereby ; or that there has
been a Neglect of fweeping any chimneys fo long as to expofe them to
catch on Fire and to order the owner or occupant of any fuch Houfe or
Place to make fuch amendments, alterations, or Repairs in fuch Houses
or Places as they fliall thhik necefsary for the publick fafety, & to re-
move fuch Combustible Matter out of the Hazard of Fire, & to order
fuch Chimnies as they find foul to be fwept ; all to be done within fuch
Time after Notice from said Firewards, as the said Firewards shall

' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 126.

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think reafonable, & every owner or occupier who shall refufe to admit
the said Firewards, or the major part of them into fuch House or Place,
as they shall think it necessary to inspect after having been informed of
their BuHneis & Defire, shall on every fuch Refusal forfeit & pay the
Sum of twenty Shillings : and every owner of any Houfe, who shall re-
fuse or neglect to make such Repairs, amendments, or alterations as
shall be ordered by the Firewards to be made in any Chimney or Foun-
dation, or any Fire Place, for the space of ten Days longer than the
Time allowed therefor by the Firewards shall for every such neglect or
Refuial, forfeit & pay the sum of twenty Shillings : & any Occupier of
any Houfe or Place, who shall keep any combustible matter in such
Place as the Firewards determine to be hazardous ; or shall neglect to
have thofe Chimnies swept which the Firewards determine to be foul any
longer than the Time set by the Firewards for removing such Combusti-
bles, or sweeping such Chimnies, shall forfeit & pay for each offence the

sum of twenty shillings, And be it further Knacted that every Houfe

of two Stories high which has four Fire Places shall be provided with
one Leather Bucket, fit for, & to be ufed, in Cafe of the breaking out of
Fire ; & every fuch House with six Fire Places shall be provided with
two such Bucketts at the Charge of the Occupant of such Houfe, within
fix months from the first Day of January next, & if any Houfe as afore-
said shall be occupied by more than one Family, the Fire ward aforesaid,
shall determine in what Proportion the Bucket or Bucketts to be pro-
vided as aforesaid shall be purchafed by the several occupiers of Houfes ;
& If any perfon or Perfons, shall neglect fo to provide, a Bucket or
Buckets according to the Tenor & meaning of this Act he or they shall
forfeit & pay the fum of ten Shillings for every such fix months neglect
as often as they shall offend ; provided neverthelefs that If any perfon
shall be thro' Poverty unable to purchafe Buckets as aforesaid they may
be exempted J therefrom I by a Certificate under the Hands of the Fire-
wards or the major Part of them if they think fit.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of Newbiiryport, held Sep-
tember 12, 1 77 1, the proposed removal of the engine house
at the foot of Market street was vigorously opposed by Tris-
tram Dalton and others, and, after long debate, defeated.

Voted, to finish the Engine House near Queen Wharf where it now
stands and to accept of Mr. Tristram Dalton all the remaining Interest
in the Engine now in his Possession, that never was Subscribed or payed
for, which he says is at least forty pounds lawful money : which he re-

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nounces on Condition the said Engine is kept there, or near Queen
Wharf, and not on the side of the Landing next his Ware House.'

Sq^tcmber 17, 1781, the firewartls of the town were in-
structed to keep the fire engines in good order and condition,
and the firemen were excused from drilling with the militia of
serving as night watchmen or jurors.*

March 10/1789, the firewards were requested to examine
the buildings "where fires are kept " to see if they were de-
fective in any way or needed to be repaired or rebuilt.

[March 10, 1789] Voted to accept of a Fourth iire Engine which
was purchased by a number of the inhabitants of this Town and pre-
sented to the Town by Mr John Mycail and others, — the subscribers, —
the said Engine being manufactured by Mr Benjamin Dearborn of Ports-
mouth in New Hampshire.

Voted that the Selectmen be requested to provide a suitable house for
the reception of the Engine and to place it as near to the Centre of the
Town as may l>e.'

Firemen were appointed by the selectmen, January 30, 1 792,
and January 29, 1794, to take care of "The First Engine,*'
"The Fourth Engine," "The North Engine" and "The
South Engine," and keep them in good working order.'*

[October 6, 1794.] Voted to have sunk at the towns expense four
Conduits to supply water in case of fire, provided the owners of the land
grant liberty, vir. : — one at the North end near Mr Mariner Kent's house,
one at the west end of Mr. Hoyt*s wharf, one in Liberty street at the
bottom of Mr. John Greenleaf luns garden, one in Mr. Cross' dock at
the bottom of Lime street.s

A committee was apiwintcd to sink additional " conduits,"
or cisterns, if necessary, " provided the whole number shall

' Ncwburyport Town Records, volume I, page 154.
' Ncwburyport Town Records, volume I, pnge 363.
' Ncwburyport Town Records, volume I, page 532.

* Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page loi; Morning Star, October 14,
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not exceed twelve," and the selectmen were instructed to
purchase another good fire engine "and eighteen Leather
Buckets for each engine."

Voted that all Carpenters and others who make use of axes in their
business be requested, in case of fire, to take their axes with them, which
if damag'd or lost at the fire, the Town will pay for them.'

Voted that it be recommended to all the inhabitants of the town, in
case of fire, to take their buckets with them and to fill them with water
at the most convenient places to be ready when they come to the Fire.'

March i, 1805, the selectmen were authorized by a special
law enacted by the General Court to add " not exceeding six
men " to each engine company in Newburyport,^ and the year
following the town voted to sell or repair engine No. Four.**

[March 18, 1807.] Voted to accept of such ladders, fire hooks, and
other fire implements as may be offered to the Town by any of the fire
societies ; the same to be placed under the care and direction of the fire-
wards.5

[March 17, 1808.] Voted to purchase a large fire engine for the third
engine company.^

At a meeting of the firewards, February 26, 1808, the
town was divided into four nearly equal districts, and each dis-
trict placed under the supervision of five firewards. The first
district extended from the northern boundary of the town to
the centre of Market street ; the second from the centre of
Market street to the centre of State street ; the third from
the centre of State street to the centre of Federal street ;
and the fourth from the centre of Federal street to t4ie divid-
ing line between Newburyport and Newbury, on the south.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 10 1; Morning Star, October 14,

1794.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 102.
' Acts of 1804- 1805, chapter 66.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 335.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 346.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 359.

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The firemen connected with the several engine companies
were directed to form in two lines at a fire, one to pass buck-
ets filled with water to the engines, and the other to pass the
empty buckets back to be refilled.

At that date there were five organized engine companies in
Newburyport. Moses Davenport and Sewall Toppan were
af^inted to take charge of a new company April 19, 1810.*
Just previous to the great fire in 181 1 the engine houses
were located on Merrimack street, between Kent and Federal
streets.

Engine No. 1, at the bottom of Market street, John Top-
pan, captain.'

Engine No. 2, at the bottom of Federal street, Thomas
Stanwood, captain.

Engine No. 3, at the bottom of Kent street, Moses Ed-
wards, captain.

Engine No. 4, in Temple street, near Rev. Mr. Milton's
meeting house, Hale Knight, captain.

Engine No. 5, in Market square, Theodore Pearson, jr.,
captain.)

Engine No. 6, near the work house on Federal street,
Moses Kent, captain.

In October, 181 1, long and short ladders, fire hooks, fire
cloths, ropes and chains, to be used in case of fire, were pro-
vided by the selectmen, and the town was divided by the fire-
wards into six districts, each district to have one engine
company, with six firewards in charge of the same.

The use of lighted lamps and candles, at night, in work-
shops and stores, rojMiwalks, stables, or other buiklings, "where
hay, straw, or shavings abound," was forbidden, and stoves
could not be used in any house or shop unless placed upon a

' Records of Uie Newburyport Firewards.

■ This house was removed, in 1814, to High street, near the hay scales, and in
1821 to Merrimack street, at the bottom of Winter street.

' This buikling was removed, in 182 1, to Middle street, and in 1830 to Pleasant
street.

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safe and secure hearth and connected with a chimney con-
structed in a manner acceptable to the firewards of the town/

A special meeting of the inhabitants of Newburyport was
held May 9, 18 12, "To determine whether they will purchase
for the use of the Town a Hose Engine which will be exhib-
ited near the Court house at the time of the meeting/' After
a brief discussion, the selectmen were instructed " to purchase
Mr. Jacob Perkins' Hose Engine.*'' In 1815, this engine was
located in Market square, and in 1821 it was removed to Mid-
dle street.

In April, 18 16, firemen for five fire companies, each com-
pany consisting of fifteen or twenty men, were appointed :
also a company *'of axe and cloth men," and twelve hose
men.8 They and their successors, under the direction of the
firewards of the town, rendered efficient service for many
years.

March 5, 1830, the General Court passed an act establish-
ing a fire department in Newburyport, and providing for the
appointment of a chief engineer and a board of assistant en-
gineers, who shall " have the same authority as the fire war-
dens now have.' *^ At a town meeting held on the twenty-
fourth of March following, a committee was appointed to make
recommendations relative to the new law. At an adjourned
meeting of the town, held on the second of April, the com-
mittee reported recommending that the act be adopted, and
that a sum not exceeding one tliousnnd dollars be appropri-
ated " to carry the same into operation. "^ This report of the
committee was accepted and the money appropriated for the
organization of the department ; but for some reason the
work was delayed until April, 1833.

1 Newburyport Town Records, volume II , page 362.

* Newburyport Town Kecortis, volume II, page 426. The Newhury|iort Herald
announced, February i, 1803, that a new style of fire engine had been patented
by Mr. Perkins of Newburyport and Allen Pollock of Boston.

• Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records. -
^ Acts of 1829-1830, chapter 58.

^ Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 201.

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April 21, 1831, the selectmen were ordered to provide a
company "for engine No. 4 in Temple street,"- and twelve
months later they were instructed to sell the engine and pur-
chase a new one " that will answer the purpose of an hydrau-
lion and an extinguisher."'

[March 27, 1833.] Voted to adopt the act of the Legislature passed
March 5, 1830, establishing a Fire department in the Town of New-
buryport.'

[April 10, 1833.] Voted to accept the organization of the Fire De-
partment as reported by the Selectmen^

May 4^ 1835^ the selectmen were authorized to purchase a
lot of lai>d and erect a building to accommodate Engine Com-
pany No» Mve, lltKjk and ladder Company "and a School
Room, if, in their oi>inion, it is expedient."^ Land was pur-
chased on the easterly side of Pleasant street, bounded by a
way twenty-four feet wide, on the northwesterly side, and by
land bclongin^r to the proprietors of the First Religious Soci-
ety in Newbury port, on the southeasterly side, and a building
suitable for the [jurposes named was erected there previous to
March, 1836.5

On the twenty-ninth of March, 1838, the selectmen were
instructed to purchase a new engine to be located in the house
then occupial by engine No. Two, at the foot of l^^edcral
street,^ and March 27, 1843, they were authorized and direct-
etl to build an engine house for engine company No. Six.'

On the first day of June following, the inhabitants of the
town voted to appropriate " for such objects as may be rec-
ommended by the Board of Engineers, under the direction of
the Selectmen," the sum of five thousand dollars, to be trans-

' NewlHiryiMirt Town KcconU, volume 111, i^n^c 239.

• Ncwlniry|M>rt 'I'own Records, volume III, |>figc 258.

• Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 263.
^ Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 332.
» Essex Deeds, book CCLXXXVI, leaf 4.

• Newburyport Town Records, volume IV, page 20.
' Newburyport Town Records, volume IV, page 146.

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I3.928

»9

219

194

101

557

ferred from the surplus revenue fund,' and March 25, 1844,
the selectmen reported that they had paid and charged to the
fire department

Sundry bilk amounting to ... .

Bills for repairs on engine house No. 5, .

Bilk for repairs on engine house No. 3,

Distributed to firemen for furniture for engine houses,

Leaving on hand for new engine and hose carriage,

15,000 00

All the ix)wer and authority vested in the selectmen by an
act passed by the General Court March 5, 1830, establishing
a fire department in Ncwburyport, was transferred to and
vested in the mayor and aldermen by the twelfth section of
the city charter, which was accepted June 3, 185 1.
. An ordinance providing for the payment of two hundred
and twenty-five dollars annually to each engine company was
passed by the city council June 6, 1853, and rules and regula-
tions for the government of the fire department were adopted
December 24, 1855.

The steam fire engine " Eon," built in Portland, Maine, was
purchased by the city of Newburyport in 1864, being accepted
by the city council in November of that year.* A photog^ph
of the engine, taken by the late Hiram P. Macintosh, is
reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page. After
nearly twenty years of hard service, the engine was condemned
and sold, in 1883.

March 22, 1861, during a violent snow storm, the North
Congregational meeting-house, on the comer of Titcomb and
Pleasant streets, was destroyed by an incendiary fire. From
1862 to 1866 much valuable property in various parts of the
city was burned, and at midnight on the eighth of January,

' Newburyport Town Records, volume IV, page 164.
' Newburyport Herald, November 18, 1864.

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1867, the Belleville Congregational meeting-house was totally
consumed. The First Parish meeting-house in Newbury was
destroyed January 25, 1868, and in the month of March fol-
lowing unsuccessful attempts were made to burn the Harris
Street and the Congress Street meeting-houses in Newburyport.
Alarmed at the frequency of these fires, large rewards were
offered for the detection of the incendiary, and several sus-
pected persons were closely watched by special officers em-
ployed for that purpose. The vigilance of these officers prob-

STBAM FIRE KNC.INE "EON."

ably induced Leonard Choate, a young married man, about
twenty-five or thirty years of age, living in a house on the
nurthwastciiy sicic of Tyng street, near Merrimack street, to
leave the city in Au|;u5t, 1868, and take up his residence in
Wright county, Minnesota, where he was arrested on the
twentieth of September, and committed to jail in Newburyport
six days later. At the session of the superior court held in
lawrcncc, Mass*, in October, 1869, he was tried, convicted.

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and sentenced to imprisonment for life.* He was confined in
the state prison at Charlestown for more than thirty years.
On account of his advanced age and mental condition, he was
removed a few years ago to the state farm at Bridgewater,
where he now is.

In July, 1873, steam alarm whistles were attached to the
Masconomet, Peabody, Bartlet and Ocean mills. The Mas-
conomet mill whistle sounded one blast when a fire was dis-
covered in Ward One ; the Peabody mill whistle two blasts
when the fire was in Ward Two ; the liartlet mill whistle three
blasts when the fire was in Ward Three ; and the Ocean mill
whistle ^v^ blasts when the fire was in Ward l^'ive.

In 1884, the Gamewell Electric Fire Alarm system was es-
tablished in Newburyport, with fifteen signal boxes between
Harrison street on the east and Ashland street on the west.
Since that date the i^les and wires of the system have been
extended in an easterly and westerly direction, and the num-
ber of signal 1k>xcs increased to thirty-six.

There are now in Newbury[X)rt three steam fire engines,
two hose carriages and one hook and ladder company,
described as follows.

1^3ngine No. One, built in 1873 by the Manchester Locomo-
tive Works, rebuilt in 1902 l)y the Albert Russell and Sons
Company. Located at the Central station. Market square.

Engine No. Two, built in 1867 by the Manchester Locomo-
tive Works, rebuilt in 1906 by the International Power Com-
pany at Manchester, N. H. Located at the corner of Federal
and Horton streets.

Engine No. Three, built in 1904 by the Nott Fire Engine
Company of Minneapolis, Minn. Located on Congress street.

Hose No. Seven. Located on Merrimac street, between
Forrester and Ashland streets.

* Newburyport Herald, October 28, 29 and 30, and Novemlier 11, 1869.

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Hose No. Eight. Ix)cated on Purchase street, near the
corner of Madison street.

Hook and Ladder No. One. Located at the Central sta-
tion, Market square.

Relief steamer, built by the Manchester Locomotive Works
in 1869, is located at the Central station. Market square, to
be used in case of emergency, or when other engines are 'Un-
dergoing repairs. In addition to hose carriages Nos. Seven and
Eight, each fire engine is provided with a hose wagon fully
equip|)c<1 and ready for use.

FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF INJURED FIREMEN.

Tke Hale fund for the benefit of injured firemen was estab-
lished in October, 1846, and now amounts to the sum of eight
thousand dollars. The income from this fund is used for the
benefit of members of the fire department who are injured in
the discharge of their duties. It is under the management
and control of the chief engineer and the assistant engineers of
the city of Newbury [X)rt.' The following-named persons have
contributed to this fund from October, 1 846, to April, 1907 : —

Dr. Ebcnezcr Hale, October 24, 1846, 1 100 00

Capt. Philip Johnson, April 21, 1852, 50 00

Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co., June 7, 1852, 100 00

Eastern Railroad Company, January 30, i860, 25 00

Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co., August 7, 1861, . 200 00

James and Sarah Caldwell, June 3, 1863, .... 20 00

Michael Titcomb, April 26, 1865, 100 00

Josiah L. and Joshua Hale, October 30, 1869, 100 00

Moses L. Hale, October 4, 1871, 50 00

Josiah L. and Joshua 11 ale, for the family of the late Thomas

Hale, February 22, 1872,* 100 00

Charles H. Coffin, September 22, 1873, 50 00

The Tyng family, October 8, 1874, 1000

A friend, November 4, 1874, 50 00

^ In the report of the chief engineer of the fire department for the year ending
December 1, 1880, the rules and regulations adopted October 24, 1846, by the
trustees of the 1 lale fund, are printed in full.

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Ocean Steam Mills Co., November 5, 1874,
Thurston & Colman, July 12, 1875,
Joseph B. Morss, August 2, 1875,
David Hale, April 24, 1877,
Stephen Peabody, January 8, 1 879,
Dr. Frank A. Hale, April 30, 1880,
Estate of John Osgood, August 7, 1 880,
Mrs. Mary Nelson and Miss Mary £. Nelson, April 2,
Richard S. Spofford, September 3, 1883,
Leonard W. Sargent, in 1885,
Town of Georgetown, March 17, 1886,
John Stone, June, 1886,
Estate of John Currier, jr., October 29, 1887,
Entertainment and ball, January 2, 1 888,
>1 William H. Swascy, May 21, 1888,
Albert 1*. Sawyer, June 29, 1 88H,
Dr. Francis A. Howe, medical attendance, August
Entertainment and ball, December 21,1 888,
Entertainment and ball, December 21,1 889,
Lithoid Manufacturing Co., July 5, 1890,
Entertainment and ball, December 19, 1890,
P. J. Crcedcn, February 10, 1891,
Edward Perkins & Son, December, 1891, ..
Mrs. H. J. Balch, November 8, 1892,
Dr. Arthur C. Nason, medical attendance, January 1, i
Mrs. Helen B. Fowler, April 16, 1907,

1 881

888.

906,

50 00

100 00

50 00

10 00

12 00

50 00

25 00

10 00

25 00

100 00

500 00

301 00

50 00

100 00

20 00

399 00
187 17
100 00

255 5^
25 00

25 00
100 00

26 00
1,000 00

Other contributions have been received at various dates, but
the names of the contributors and the amounts contributed
have not been made public.

The Bremen's Sick lienefit Association was organized in
1 89 1, for the relief of members unable to work on account of
serious physical disability.' The fund of the association, de-
rived from various sources, now amounts to nearly five thou-
sand dollars. An annual tax of one dollar has been collected
from members and the net proceeds of the annual firemen's
ball, with contributions from persons not connected with the
fire department, have been received and placed to the credit
of the fund, as follows : —

In May, 1893, the association was reorganized and a new constitution adopted^

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Promenade concert and bail, in 1891,
«« ' « " " in 1892,

" « " " in 1893,

Mrs. William O. Moseley, in May, 1893,

Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., in 1895,

Dr. Francis A. Howe, medical attendance, in

John T. Brown, in 1896,

Promenade concert and ball, in 1 896,

Alexander D. Brown, in 1897,

Promenade concert and ball, in 1 898,

Fair in aid of the Firemen^s Benefit Association,

Edward P. Shaw, in 1902,

Dodge, Bliss & Co., in 1903,

William H. Swasey, in 1903,

Fair in aid of the Association, in 1903,

Berry, Dodge & Co., in 1904,

Estate Hannah B. Wood, in 1904.

Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., in 1904,

Citizens* Street Railroad Co., in 1904,

Fair in aid of Association, in 1904,

Mary A. Emery, in 1905,

Edward E. Varina, in 1905,
' William H. Swasey, in 1905,

Berry, Dodge & Co., in 1905,

Helen B. Fowles, in 1905, .

Fair in aid of the Association, in 1905,

Fair in aid of the Association, in 1906,

Willard W. Dole (for benefit fund), 1907,

1895,

in 1902,1

lioo 00

129 00
200 00

50 00

100 00

15 00

130 00
121 00
100 00
180 19
592 16

25 00
25 00
50 00

400 00
25 00
50 00

250 00
50 00

861 16
25 00
25 00
30 00
25 00
25 00

808 33

1,103 "9

76 00

In addition to the above-named contributions, smaller sums
have been received from time to time from individuals inter-
ested in the work of the association. The income from the
fund has been expended, as needed, from year to year, for the
relief of members suffering from accident or ill with disease.

DAY AND NIGHT POLICE.

February 8, 1764, Cutting Moody, Ralph Cross and Cutting
Bartlett were elected wardens to supervise and direct the con-

' The donations and bequests from 1898 to 1902 have not been ofliciany report-
ed, and are not included in the above list.

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Stables in the discharge of their duties and assist them in
maintaining peace and order in the community.

In September, 1768, Joshua Vickery, a shijvcarpenter of
\/ Newbury, suspected of giving the collector of customs infor-

mation in regard to vessels engaged in smuggling, was seized
by a riotous mob and dragged through the streets of New-
buryport in a cart, with a rope about his neck. A few days
later the town voted to appoint watchmen, such as justices and
other officers could appoint, " to prevent Disorders in the
Night and other Inconveniences."' During the following
winter the streets of the town were patroled at night by sober
and discreet men, who served without pay. In 1776, how-
ever, owing to the turmoil and excitement that prevailed just
previous to the declaration of national independence, it became
necessary to hire men to assist Constable Kilbom in preserv-
ing order.*

In 1 78 1, the inhabitants of the town were required to serve
as night watchmen, in rotation, and the selectmen were or-
dered, in 1782, to make a list of prudent and discreet persons,
and from that list the constables were directed to select two
watchmen every night.
^"^ October 6, 1794, the town voted to employ four watchmen
for six months and two for the next six months following, ''the
selectmen to hire sober, discreet, prudent persons, who will
faithfully attend to the business."'

March 17, 1795, a committee was apix)inted to look after
disorderly boys and men on the street or in other public
places, ** and especially to attend to the behavior of people
on the approaching fast, and if possible, by their advice and
admonitions, prevent their assembling in the streets, fields, or
other places for carrying on sports of any kind unsuitable to
the day."*

1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 46 and 47.

• Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records, January 8 and May 6, 1776.
' Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page loi.

* Newburyixjrt Town Records, volume II, |mge 109.

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December 7, 1797, the town voted to return to the old
method of providing watchmen by selection from the able-
bodied inhabitants of the town, in rotation ; no one to be ex-
cused, except for ill health or on account of absence from
town ; twelve persons to be selected and summoned daily ; the
constable to attend at the watch house and set the watch not
later than ten o'clock P. M., and report the names of those
who failed to appear at the appointed time or neglected to
patrol the streets and lanes of the town until sunrise. "No
person hired to serve as a substitute shall be a black or colored
man, or under the age of eighteen.'* '

[April I, 1799.] Voted that the Selectmen be requested to continue
the watch as it now is, viz : in rotation till the alphabet is gone thro.>

In December, 1801, the following order was adopted by the
selectmen : —

Essex ss. To Thomas Somerby one of the Constables of the town of
Newburjrport in said County Greeting :

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby
authorized & required to warn a watch or ward of six or eight persons,
as circumstances shall require, going thro* the town in Rotation, Justices
of the Peace, Selectmen & Ministers of the Gospel excepted, to patrole
the town from and after nine o'clock in the evening until sun rising & so
on from day to day until farther orders, and you shall charge the watch
to see that all disturbances & disorders in the night be prevented & sup-
pressed ; that they examine alt persons whom they shall see walking
abroad after ten o'clock, whom they shall have reason to suspect of any
unlawful intention or design, of their business abroad at such season &
whither they are going & in case they give not reasonable satisfaction
therein then to secure by imprisonment or otherwise all such disorderly
persons to be safely kept until morning then tu carry Ihem before one of
the next Justices of the Peace to be examined & proceeded against ac-
cording to the nature of their offences as is by Law directed. And such
Watchmen arc hereby directed to walk the rounds in & about the streets,
wharves, lanes, & principal inhabited parts within the town, to prevent
any danger by fire & to see that good order is kept, taking particular

' Newhury|iort (Selectmen's) Records.

• NcwIniryiMwt Town Kecortis, volume II, pngc 200.

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observation & inspection of all houses & families of evil fame & strictly

observe the charge given by the Constable. Given under our hands and

seals at Newburyport, this eighteenth day of December one thousand

Eight hundred & One.

Moses Brown ^ cw^w,«^.,

Nicholas Johnson I ^'^'^'^'''

Benj Balch J ^^^'^OT^^

Nicholas Pike ) /^.c/iV^ of
Bbnnaiah Titcomb V "X jw/i
Charles Jackson )

July 2, 1817, the selectmen ordered Gilman White, one of
the constables of Newburyport, " to warn a watch or ward "
of not less than ten or more than twenty persons, to patrol
the town from nine o'clock in the evening until sunrise the
next morning, and directed him to select the men in alphabet-
ical order, beginning with the first person named on the list
prepared by the selectmen.* At a meeting held August 19,
1820, it was " Voted that if any [person] refuses or neglects
to take his turn, when properly notified, he shall incur the
high displeasure of this town.'*'

In 1840, the selectmen were authorized to employ eight
watchmen " to preserve order and peace in the nighttime/'
and seven years later they were instructed to confer with the
constables of the town in regard to the arrest and safe keep-
ing of disorderly persons and the employment of special offi-
cers for night service.*

The executive power of the selectmen was transferred by
the eighth section of the city charter, accepted and adopted
Jiine 3, 1 85 1, to the mayor and aldermen of the city of New-
buryport ; and on the third day of July following ordinances^
establishing a night watch, and authorizing the appointment
and prescribing the duties of the city marshal and his assist-
ants, were passed, and remained in force until repealed by new
ordinances passed May 20, 1861, and September 6, 1869.

' Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records.

* Newburyport ToMm Records, volume IV, pages 84, 224 and 267.

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THE CURFEW,

In 1725, the Third parish in Newbury was organized and a
meeting-house built on the triangular lot of land now known
as Market square, Newburyport. May 23, 1727, the parish
voted to purchase a bell weighing about four hundred pounds,
and also " Voted that Jonathan Woodman should treat with
some gentlemen in Boston to send for a bell for said Parish.*'

[March 19, 1727-8.] Voted that the bell of the Third Parish be Rung
at nine of the clock.*

Ambrose Berry, one of the constables of the town of New-
bury, was paid five pounds, in 1730, *'for ringing ye nine
o'clock bell."* After the incorporation of Newburyport, in
1764, the selectmen were authorized to employ a suitable per-
son to attend to the ringing of the bell. April 24, 1767, they
agreed with Nathaniel Aubin, for one year, and in 1 770 paid
James Pettingell two pounds for twelve months' service as
bell ringer.'

In 1 78 1, the inhabitants of Newburyport voted that a bell
be rung " at one o'clock in the Day and at nine o'clock at
Night during the ensuing year," and a similar vote was passed
for several consecutive years.-*

March 27, 1833, ^^^ selectmen were instructed to have the
bells rung at sunrise as well as at one o'clock in the afternoon
and nine o'clock in the evening, and these instructions were
renewed annually until 1838, when the ringing of bells at
sunrise was discontinued during the winter months.

[March 15, 1838.] Voted tliat tlie Bells of the Federal street and
Pleasant street churches be rung at sunrise for the six ensuing months
beginning on the morning of the first Monday in April next.5

' "OuW Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 432-

• Historjr of Newbury (Currier), page 250.

• Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records.

• Newburyport Town Records, March, 1781, 1782, 1783, and 1784.

• Newburyport Town Records, volume IV, page 14.

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Subsequently the one o'clock bell was omitted, but the
ringing of the nine o'clock bell was continued until the begin-
ning of the twentieth century.

TOWN CRIER.

The appointment of a suitable person to announce the loss
of property or the sale of " goods, wares and merchandise,"
was authorized by the General Court more than a century
previous to the incorporation of Newburyport.

[June 14, 1642.] Ordered that bee who is to cry things lost shal
keepe a booke, wherein hee shall write downe faithfully all such things,
wth the markes, the pUies names & the dayes of crying it, for w^ch he
shall have lA Hee is to crye at 3 severall times: & this order is to be
observed in every towne."'

At a meeting of the selectmen of Boston held March 26,
1666, John Crosse was appointed " to be the Towne cryer, to
be allowed 2** for what he cryeth att the meeting house. And
what he Crye vpp & downe from street to street is to be al-
lowed 6**."* October 23, 1668, the General Court made
the following reply to a petition presented by the constable
of Newbury: —

In ansr to the peticon of John Webster, constable of Newbury, hum-
bly craving that his bill of charge expended on hue en cry» vK:c, amount-
ing to thirty six shillings, might be allowed him the Court judgelh it
meete to refer the bill to the Treasurer of the Country to examine &
allow what he sees & finds to be just.3

In 1698, any person finding money or merchandise in the
town where he resided was required by law to cause the same
*' to be cryed by the constable or public cryer." If the value
of the property exceeded twenty shillings, the inhabitants of
neigh1)oring towns were to be notified in the same manner. -•

^ Massachusetts Colony Records, volume II, page 14.

• Records of the Town of Boston ( 1660- 1701 ), page 30.

' Massachusetts Colony Records, volume IV, part II, page 406.

^ Province Laws, volume I, page 326.

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The town criers in Newbury probably served for an indefi-
nite term of years, but no record of their appointment has
been found. They were evidently licensed like auctioneers or
harbor pilots, and allowed to serve during good behavior. In
Boston no person was permitted ** to cry any Sort of Goods,
Wares or Merchandise ** unless licensed by the selectmen.

[March 9, 1 724.] Voted that no person whatsoever presume to be a
Comon Crycr, or Cry any Sort of Goods, Wares or Merchandize Lost or
Found or Stolen Goods, Strays, Publick Sales &c within any of the
Streets, I^nes, Alleys, or Market place or places of the Town on Penalty
of ten shilling for every offence. ICxcept only such Person or Persons
as shall l)C IJrcnscd by Ihc Sclcclmcn.*

A town crier was appointed in Newburyport soon after the
incori)oration of the town. In February, 1774, Holland
Shaw, having been detected in stealing a shirt, was compelled
to walk through the principal streets, preceded by the town
crier, William Douglass, l)cating his brass-barreled drum.'

In 1824, William Pike Lunt, who had served as drummer
in the Revolutionary vvTir, was licensed to sell merchandise at
auction, announce the loss of valuable property, and give no-
tice of the finding of cattle, horses, money or jewelry. He
was evidently a genial and |K)pular official, with some marked
[xjculiarities and idiosyncrasies.

In n'din;^ horseback, an art in which he supposed himself to exccll, he
cut a queer fiii^ re from the brevity of his Icjjs and his commanding mili-
tary air. When marching to the tap of his own drum, he moved with a
step which indicated a conscious importance of the event he was to an-
nounce, whether it was a lost child or an approaching auction sale. He
always seemed lo imagine Ihat he possessed peculiar and eminent quali-
fications as an auctioneer for the sale of horses. In this capacity he was
not unfrequently called upon to exercise his calling at the market place,
and then was the moment for the congregating of market men about his
stand for the enjoyment of the innocent sport which inevitably ensued.
The jolly disposition and cheery countenance of this light-hearted and

* ki'conln of llic Town o( lt<w(oii ( 1700-1728), |wj;e 189.

* lli](tory t»f Ncwiniry (('oOiii), pnj»e 243.

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fun-loving little man was admirably displayed at his auction sales, notice
of which attractive event was given by sundry energetic rolls upon his
drum. He was possessed of a sharp, clear voice, by which he could
make himself heard over the entire market-place.

His official successor was less prominent in public affairs,
but served his townsmen with fidelity for many years. The

following notice appeared in
the Newburyport Herald
March 14, 1828 : —

Archibald Sprague respectfully
informs the public that he will serve
them as Town Crier. Any person
wanting his services will please
apply at his house in Lime street.

James L. Foote held the
office of town crier from 1832
to 1848. I le was quite infirm
with age, and during the last
years of his life almost totally
blind and unable to find his
way to and from the market
place without assistance. He
lived with his wife and scveml
children in a two-story dwell-
ing ho\isc which then .sto<Hl on
the northeasterly corner of
Temple and Fair streets.

John Hidden was appointed

town crier by the selectmen of

Newbuiyport in 1848. Soon

after the adoption of the city charter, in 1851, the mayor

and aldermen were authorized to license one or more persons

to serve as common criers.

No person not licensed as aforesaid shall presume to be a common
crier or to cry any sort of articles, lost or found, stolen goods, strays,

RNCCII C. K1.ANI)KKS.

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public sales, or other things, in any of the streets or public places of the
city.»

Mr. Hidden w»i.s j^rantcd a license by the mayor and alder-
men, and held the office until his death, March 19, 1872.

Enoch C. Flanders was appointed to fill the vacancy occa-
sioned by the death of Mr. Hidden. Although lame and
otherwise disabled by a stroke of paralysis, he was active and
energetic, and received the support of many influential friends.
He has continued to serve the inhabitants of Newbury^wrt as
common crier from June, 1872, until the present time. His
familiar form and features are reproduced in the half-tone
print on the op|X)site page.

OLD DWELLING HOUSES AND BATHING HOUSES.

Many of the old houses now standing in Newburyport have
been described in a previous volume.* Some additional facts
relating to them will be found in the Reminiscences of a Non-
agcnarian,^ and in a scries of historical sketches recently pub-
lished by Oliver B. MerrilL-^

Other houses of earlier or later construction, formerly oc-
cupied by men mt^iu nj less conspicuous in the history of the
town, arc bijcfly ticst lificd in the following pages.

The Titcomb house, on the northwesterly side of Green
street, near Merrimack street, was probably erected more than
a ceiUury ago, (iylcs Cromwell, or Cromlon, was one of the
early settlers of Newbury. At the laying out of the new town,
in 1642, he was granted a house lot on Fish, now State street ,

^ An firrli nance conctrmmf; cmninon criers, passed August 18, 185 1.
' **OmM Newburyr" Ui^tlMncnl ami biographical Sketches.
■* Remini^ertces nt a Nonagenarian, pages 229-239.

* NeT*lmry|iorl Dnily News, May to Septcml)er, 1906, January 27 to February
29, 190S, ,

* *' In coTui)<leratLon of ( lyles Cromlon, alias Cromwell, his resigning up into the
Town* baniU nn \^\v-j(t loK at f>hl 'Ibwne an<l an acre more where his house stood
Wflikh he thilK >ty iKeiw prescntB, they CJranled him an acre in the Little field
and nn Ikhisc \a)\\ *»( fouf tn rt!i im fish street to enjoy to him and his heyrs for-
ever.*'— Newbury (^Proprietors*) Records^ volume lypoge 34,

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and subsequently purchased several acres of land adjoining,
extending to Ordway's lane, now Market street, Newburyport,
Argentine, daughter of Gyles Cromwell, and wife of Itenjamin
Cram of Hampton, N. H., sold, March 8, 1674-5, two years
after the death of her father, half an acre of this land to
Richard Dole, who conveyed it, July 15, 1695, to lieiiaiah
Titcomb/ A two-story dwelling house was erected on this
land soon after the last-named date, which subsequently
became the property of Enoch, son of Benaiah Titcomb.'

When a portion of the town of Newbury was set off and
incorporated by the name of Newburyport, in 1764, this house
was within the limits of the new town. It remained in the
lx)sscssion of ICnocli Tilcomb until the day of his death. In
the division of his estate, December 9, 1782, it was assigned
to Enoch Titcomb, jr., son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Moody)
Titcomb.

Enoch Titcomb, jr., was a blacksmith, lie died I'^ebruary
10, 1799, aged seventy-seven. In the inventory of his estate,
returned to the probate court on the ninth of May following,
the land on the corner of Merrimack and Green streets, with
the mansion house and other buildings thereon, was appraised
at three thousand dollars. November i, 1800, this house and
land was set off and conveyed by ^t^i\ to Sarah, sister of
Enoch Titcomb, jr., and **also three floor pews numbered
twenty-two, twenty-five and fifty-six, and two gallery pews
numbered forty-seven and thirteen in the meeting htnise
where the Rev. Mr. Boddily officiates. "^

January 23, 1801, Sarah Titcomb, widow, sold the house
and land to Moses Brown. He built the brick storehouse now
standing on the northeasterly side of the old mansion house
at the corner of Merrimack and Green streets. He died
I'^ebruary 9, 1827, and by the terms of his will the mansion

1 '^Oiilfl Newbury:'* flistorical and ISiographical sketches, pages 144 and 145.
*'* See will of lienaiah Titcomb, proved March 5, 1728-9. Enoch Titcomb was
bom April i, 1695. He married Klizal)eth Moody January i, 17 19.
^ li)sscx Deeds, lx>ok 168, leaves 196 and 198.

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house, with other real and ix^rsonal estate, became the prop-
erty of his granddaughter, Sarah White Bannister, who mar-
ried Dr. Ebenezer Hale June 13, 1844. She died February
29, 1880, leaving no children, and the house, with the brick
building adjoining, was assigned, in the division of the estate,
to the heirs of Samuel Brown, who still retain possession of
the property.*

A photographic view of the house, now more than two
centuries old, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the pre-
ceding page.

MOUNT RURAL.

Archelaus, sometimes called Hercules, Woodman came
from Malford, England, in the ship James, in 1635.* He set-
tled in Newbury, and was granted about four acres of land on
the Quascacunquen, now Parker, river, '* bounded by High
street on the south, Mr. Rawson on the north, Henry Lunt
on the west, & Nicholas Holt on the east."*

When the new town was laid out, in 1645, he was granted,
or acquired by purchase, ten or twelve acres of land on the
southwesterly corner of the country road, now High street,
and the lane " going down to the Aspen Swamp," now To[>
pan street. On this land he built a dwelling house that he
owned and occupied for more than fifty years. In considera-
tion of the payment of a certain sum annually for the sup-
port of himself and wife, he conveyed all his property, January
6, 1698-9, to his grandson, Archelaus Adams.^

In the will of Archelaus Adams, dated May 24, 1753, and
proved September twenty-seventh following he gave to his sons
John, Samuel and Archelaus, " and to Mary and Elizabeth,

' Essex (I*robate) Records, liook 406, leaves 156-164.

• History of Newbury (Currier), page 32.

• "Ould Newbury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 14; Newbury
(Proprietors') Records, pages 56-58.

^ Essex Deeds, book 14, leaf 57.

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daughters of his son Stephen Adams, deceased, " all his real
estate not otherwise disposed of.

January 20, 1756, Jeremiah Pearson, jr., married Mary,
widow of Stephen Adams,' and subsequently purchased the ,.

land on the southwesterly comer of the Country road and
Toppan's lane, with the buildings thereon.' He sold the
property to Jacob Toppan August 24, 1 764.*

July 25, 1769, Elizabeth Toppan, widow and administratrix
of the estate of Jacob Toppan, conveyed the above-described
dwelling house and land to Daniel Farnham, who retained
possession of it until his death, May 18, 1776.*

In the settlement of Mr. Farnham's estate, the land on the
corner of High street and Toppan *h lane was set off, April
24, 1787, to his only son William, and to his daughters SibylU
who married Dr. Micajah Sawyer, Hannah, who married Rev.
Ezra Weld, Katharine, who married Capt. John Hay, and
Dorothy, who married Josiah Smith. Subsequently, the above-
named children of Daniel Farnham conveyed the property
to Josiah Smith, who probably gave it the name of ** Mount
Rural/* after taking the old mansion house down and building
the one now standing there.* \

At that date, Mr. Smith was engaged in mercantile pur-
suits, but at the date of his marriage he was a physician.^
His wife died September 14, 1801 ; and, June 12, 1804, he
married Mary Plummer of Newburyix)rt. Sibyll Sawyer
Smith, a daughter by his wife Dorothy, married Alexander
Richards January 9, 18 12, and Caroline Smith, another
daughter, married Capt. Moses Emery December 15, 18 14.

Mr. Smith was a member of the committee appointed to

* Enex Antiqaarian, volume II, page 90.
' Enex Deeds, book 112, leaf 237.

Enex Deeds, book 1 19, leaf 36.
^ Enex Deeds, book 126, leaf 304.

* Enex Deeds, book 161, leaf 139; book 166, leaf 164; book 168, leaves 264
and 299.

* See advertisements in the Morning Star, lm|>artial Herald and other newspa-
pers of that date; and Newburyport (Intentions of Marriage) Records, Sep temlwr
14. 178^.

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receive President Monroe when he visited Newburyport in
July, 1817. He was also a member of the committee ap-
pointed to receive General LaFayette in August, 1824.* He
died September 9, 1828, and, by his will proved on the thir-
tieth day of that month, he gave to his granddaughters,
Sibyll, Ellen, and Mary Leonard Richards, and Caroline
Emery, each one-fourth of his real estate.

May 23, 1833, "the residence of the late Dr. Josiah
Smith " was sold, by order of the probate court, at auction,
to Joseph Johnson, for the sum of five thousand, eight hun-
dred and sixty dollars.' In 1836, the house was occupied by
Aaron Dow, a botanical physician, whose theory and practice
of medicine was severely criticised by some of his fellow
practitioners.*

October 6, 1 846, Mr. Johnson sold to Dr. Ebenezer Hale,
" all that place known by the name of Mount Rural, on the
corner of High street and Toppan's lane, with all the build-
ings thereon."*

Doctor Hale died August 2, 1847, leaving a widow, Sarah
White (Bannister) Hale, who retained possession of the house
and land until her death, February 29, 1880. In her will,
proved on the twelfth day of April following, she gave the
property to Capt. Joshua Hale, brother of her late husband,
who by his will, proved May 28, 1894, gave it to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alice L. Atkinson, the present owner.

HOUSE AND SHOP AT CORNER OF SUMMER AND HIGH STREETS.

August 12, 1 76 1, Daniel Bayley bought of Moses Ordway
a lot of land in Newbury, bounded southwesterly by High
street, northwesterly by land of Caleb Stickney, northeasterly
by land of Reuben Mace and southeasterly by a way, now

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 415 and 416.

« Newburyport Herald, May 24, 1833; Essex Deeds, book 278, leaves 90 and 91.

• Sec communication printed in the Newburyport Herald April 21, 1836.

^ Essex Deeds, book 373, leaf 211, and plan of the estate filed with record of the
deed.

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Summer street.' On this lot of land Mr. Bayley erected a
shop, where he made and sold earthen ware. When New-
bury port was incorporated, in 1764, the land, with the build-
ings thereon, was within the limits of the new town. In a
mortgage deed to Daniel Famham, dated May 11, 1764, the
property is described as follows : —

A certain dwelling house and Potter*s shop and Kiln adjoining and the
Stone and Floor for Grinding the Clay, the Wheels, Irons & Utensils to
the Potter's business belonging and in said Shop together with about ten
rods of land 011 which the House, Shnt> i^c are Krcctcd and Situated
near Saint PauPs Church in Newburyport.»

In addition to his skill as a i)ottcr Mr. Ikiyley had consid-
erable musical ability. He published and sold, from 1764 to
1784, a great variety of singing books.' He died previous to
March 27, 1792; and in the settlement of his estate the
dwelling house, shop and land became the property of his
sons, Daniel and William Bayley.*

THE TABERNACLE IN TEMPLE STREET.

November 23, 1774, Benjamin Balch bought of Isaac
Walker and Timothy Dexter land on the southwesterly side
of Tem|)le street,^ and erected a building called the Assembly
house, where social entertainments and dancing parties were
held for many years. October 28, 1779, Capt. Samuel New-
hall bought this property, ** with all appurtenances thereunto
belonging,*'*^ and, January 16, 1783, he sold to John Mycall
of Newburyport **a certain building situate in Temple street
in said Newburyport known by the name of the Assembly
house, together with the land on which said house now stands.**^

' Ksscx Deeds, book iii, leaf 177.

* Kasex Deeds, book 111, leaf 266; and book 126, leaf 26.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 474-480.

* Essex (Probate) Records, book 365, leaf 410.

* Essex Deeds, book 133, leaf 274.

* Essex Deeds, book 138, leaf 46.
' Essex Deeds, book 140, leaf 94.

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Mr. Mycall was for neiirly twenty years editor and proprie-
tor of the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, and the
publisher of many books, some of which were evidently print-
ed in Temple street for booksellers in Boston and elsewhere.*
In 1 794 or 1795, he retired from business, and removed to
Harvard, in Worcester county. May 6, 1 799, he sold to John
O'Brien, David Coffin, Benjamin Wyatt, Richard Pike and
Nehemiah Haskell a building " known formerly by the name
of the Assembly house, now by the name of the Printing
Office," with the land under and adjoining the same.'

A few years later this building was used as a place of pub-
lic worship by the members of the First Baptist Society, Rev.
John Peak, minister, and was then known as the ** Taberna-
cle." April 14, 181 5, the firewards of the town rcix)rtcd that
it was unsafe, and requested the selectmen to have it removed.
They reported on the sixth of November following that the
owners of the building had taken it down.

HOUSE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROWN AND HIGH

STREETS.

June 6, 1803, Ebenezer Wheelwright of Newbury sold to
Enoch Thurston of Newburyport a lot of land on what is now
the northwesterly comer of Brown and High streets.^ Sub-
sequently, Moses Brown, merchant, purchased a portion of
this land and laid out a way, three rods wide, from High street
southwesterly to land owned by himself and John Greenlcaf,
as stated in the following conveyance recorded in the registry
of deeds at Salem : —

Whereas I the said Moses Brown Marchant and John Greenleaf of
Newburyport gendeman, mutually agreed tor our benefit and convenience
to lay out a way of four rods wide leading from High street in Newbury
in said County of Essex, nearly at right angles with said High street and

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 484-492.
' Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 43.
' Essex Deeds, book 171, leaf 265.

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running southwesterly by lands of said Greenleaf, myself and Enoch
Thurston late of said Newburyport, joiner deceased and for the purpose
of laying out said way I purchased of said Enoch Thurston a piece or
strip of land of about three rods in width and about sixteen and a half
rods in length to be laid down as a way as may appear by the deed of
the said Thurston bearing date Nov. 9, 1 803, duly executed and recorded,
and it being found that a large dwelling house which said Thurston was
building stood partly on the northwesterly side of said strip of land, con-
veyed as aforesaid, and whereas for the accommodation of said Thurston
in his life time 1 agreed with him, with consent of said Greenleaf that
said way might be only about three rods in width, and that I would release
to him the said Thurston part of the said land which he had conveyed to
me as aforesaid : Now therefore to carry said agreement into effect Know
ye that I the said Mases Urown for and in Consideration of the within
premises and the sum of two hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty
cents already paid me by John Thurston of Newburyport do release and
quit claim to the said Thurston for the benefit of the estate of Enoch
Thurston part of said piece of land beginning at the easterly comer of the
late Enoch Thurston *s land on High street, thence by said street south-
easterly one rod to said three rod way, thence by said way southwesterly
sixteen rod two feet to my own land, thence northwesterly by my own
land one rod to land of said Enoch Thurston, thence by land of said
Thurston to first mentioned bounds, it being about one third part of the
land conveyed to me aforesaid. ■

September 20, 1805, John Thurston of Newbury sold the
land on the corner of High and Brown streets to Martha
Thurston " for the benefit of the estate of the late Enoch
Thurston."* On the fifteenth of November following, Martha
Thurston, widow aiul administratrix of the estate of Enoch
Thurston, conveyed the above-described land, with the build-
ings thereon, to Samuel Newman of Newburyixjrt,' and on
the second nf I)ecenil>er Edward St. Loe Livermore ptirchased
fhf* \71nd u\ Mr, Newman, ** with materials for finishing the
buildings thereon."* Mr. Livermore was a prominent lawyer
in Newburyport at that date, and was afterwards a member of

* Esaex Deeds, book 176, leaf 215.

* Esaex Deeds, book 177, leaf 98.
' Kssex l>c<I«, hook 1 78, leaf 45 .

* Essex Deeds, book 177, leaf 93.

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congress from the Fourth Middle district. He employed
carpenters to complete the house, which he owned and occu-
pied until he removed to Boston, in April, 1811, when he
conveyed the property to Robert Foster.' June 21, 18 13,
John Dean purchased the house and land, ** being the prem-
ises purchased by the said Foster of Edward St. Loe Liver-
more, including one-half of the well and pump and pump house
covering the same."' Mr. Dean sold the property to George
F. Pearson October 6, 1834 ;3 and July 18, 1838, it came
into the possession of Micajah Lunt.-* Captain Lunt owned
and occupied the house until his death, January 8, 1874. In
his will, proved on the twentieth of January following, the
house and land, after the decease of his wife, was devised to
his son, Edmund Sydney Lunt, and to his daughter, Mary
Coffin Lunt. March 21, 1874, Edmund Sydney Lunt con-
veyed one-undivided-half of the property to his sister, Mary
Coffin Lunt.5 She subsequently married Col. Edward O.
Shepard, now deceased, and still owns and occupies the house.

HOYT HOUSE AT CORNER OF JOHNSON AND HIGH STREETS.

Joseph Hoyt, who died previous to March 20, 1 780, was
the owner of about thirteen acres of land on the southwest-
erly side of High street, near what is now the comer of
Johnson street, and also of two dwelling houses on Queen,
now Market, street.^ After his death, the land on High
street, with the houses on Queen street, became the property
of his widow and children. ' May 19, 1806, William Hoyt
purchased about four acres of land, which had been " set off
to Elizabeth Hoyt as a part of her share in the estate of her

* Essex Deeds, book 194, leaf 36.

* Essex Deeds, book 202, leaf 39.
' Essex Deeds, book 276, leaf 292.

* Essex Deeds, book 307, leaf 220.

* Essex Deeds, book 900, leaf 170.

* Essex (Probate) Records, book 356, leaf 94.

' Essex Deeds, book 158, leaf 105; and book 165, leaf 81.

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father, Joseph Hoyt, deceased/*' and erected thereon the
three-story dwelling house now standing on the southwesterly
comer of High and Johnson streets.

In 1812, Capt. William Hoyt became involved in financial
difficulties, and made an assignment of his property to Wil-
liam Woart and Orlando B. Merrill of Newbury, who con-
veyed the house, with about sixty-three rods of land under
and adjoining the same, to David Stickney of Newburyport
April 26, 18 1 3.' Captain Stickney died in February, 1820,
leaving a widow and four children, the oldest ten, and the
youngest five years of age.

In 1826, Elizabeth, widow of David Stickney, married Rev.
Henry C. Wright, pastor of the First Parish church and soci-
ety in West Newbury. April 6, 1832, Henry C. Wright,
guardian of Elizabeth Le Breton Stickney, Hannah Lee Stick-
ney, Peter Lc Breton Stickney and Mary Thurston Stickney,
minor children of David Stickney, sold to Amos Noyes the
land on the corner of High street and Stickney's lane, or the
way to Common i)asture, now Johnson street, with the buildings
thereon.3

Joseph W. Hale, of Bangor, Maine, purchased the property
July 20, 1835, and sold it, October 17, 1836, to Henry W.
Kinsman.* It remained in the ix)sscssion of Mr. Kinsman
until his death, December 4, 1859.

Clara (Kinsman) Bradford, Mary McKinstry Howe and
Louisa H. Kinsman, " daughters of Henry W. Kinsman, de-
ceased," conveyed the house and land to Capt. George L.
Rogers in 1862.*

Lucy E. R. Hill, Orythia W. Knapp and Alice Rogers,
" heirs at law of the late George L. Rogers," sold the prop-
erty to Emily Harwood of Boston October 20, 1873.^

' Essex Deeds, book 1 79, leaf 1 1 1 ; also book 1 76, leaf 70.

' Essex Deeds, book 200, leaf 268.

' Essex Deeds, book 264, leaf no; and book 265, leaf 122.

* Essex Deeds, book 281, leaf 186; and book 293, leaf 234.

* Essex Deeds, book 642, leaves 296 and 297.

* Effiex Deeib, book 892, leaf 54. Capt. George L. Rogers died March 28, 1872.

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Cyrus p. Stevens of Newburyport bought the house, " with
about sixty-three rods of land under and adjoining the same,"
October 2, 1877,' and sold it, August 6, 1897, to the present
owner and occupant, Frank F. Morrill.'

HOUSES ON HIGH STKEET, OPPOSITE KENT STREET.

William Iloyt and his assignees, William Woart and Or-
lando B. Merrill, conveyed to Thomas Cary, merchant, by
deed dated April 26, 18 13, several lots of land on the south-
westerly side of High street, opposite Kent street, now owned
by William W. Goodwin and the estate of Rev. John W.
Dodge.3

In his will, dated June 23, 1818, proved July 4, 1820,
Thomas Cary gave the land on High street, with the residue
of his estate, after the payment of certain legacies, to the
president and fellows of Harvard college, the income to be
used to assist " young men of competent talents, pure morals
and piety, in preparing themselves for the Christian ministry.*'

Ephraim W. Allen, proprietor and publisher of the New-
buryport Herald, bought the land May 4, 1831, and sold it,
October 23, 1843, to Charles W. Storey and Thomas W.
Burnham.'*

Mr. Story died January 8, 1845, and a partition of the land
was made by a committee apix)inted by the probate court on
the twenty-third of OctolxM- following. September r, 1862,
William W. Goodwin purchased that |H)rti()n of the land set
off and assigned to Thomas W. Burnham, and built the house
now standing there and numbered 213 High street.^

November 8, 1859, J^^n J. Currier bought of Lydia M.
and Caroline A. W. Storey, daughters of Charles W. Storey,
the land set off and assigned to the said Charles W. Storey,

' Essex Deeds, Imok 984, leaf 264.
' Essex Dceils, lKM)k 15 J2, page 469.
' Essex Deeds, book 201, leaf 129.

* Essex Deeds, lxx)k 339, leaves 293 and 297.

* Essex Deeds, Uxik 642, leaf 13.

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and sold it, July 23, 1887, to Rev. John Webster Dodge, who
built, two or three years later, the house No. 211 High street.'

HOUSES ON GREEN AND HARRIS STREETS.

In 1805, Leonard Smith purchased a lot of land on the
southwest corner of Green and Harris streets, on which he
built two brick dwelling houses, No. 37 Green street and No.
5 Harris street.' Owing to financial embarrassment, this
property, with other real estate, was conveyed to John Pea-
body,^ and subsci|ucntly rc-convcyal to Leonard Smith.^ Jan.
"ary 3, 181 1, Abraham Jackson purchased the land and build-
ings on Green and Harris streets. 5

In June, 18 12, Andrew Frothingham brought suit agiiinst
Leonard Smith for the payment of five thousand dollars, with
interest, and obtained judgment, receiving in settlement of his
claim a deed of the house and land on the corner of Green
and Harris streets, signed and delivered July 22, 18 12, by
Philip Bagley, sheriff.^ The same day the Newburyix)rt Bank
received a deed of the house No. 5 1 larris street, with the
land under and adjoining the same, in settlement of its claim
against Abraham Jackson.'

Andrew Frothingham owned and occupied the house on the
corner of Green and Harris streets until his death. In a
codicil to his will, proved March 12, 1833^ he gave the land,
with the buildings thereon, to his son Henry, who died in
1864.

Jane F'rothingham, widow, and executrix of the will of
Henry Frothingham, sold the house and land to Ebenezer
Sumner June 2, 1865,* and J"ly 30> >904, Eben Sumner and

' Kwcx l)ce<l», lKM»k 1203, pnj»c 113.

' b^anex Deeds, lKx»k 176, leaf 287; ami Uxik 17S, leaf 38.

" Ksscx Deeds, book 186, leaf 29.

** Essex Deeds, lx)ok 192, leaf 164.

• Essex Deeds, book 191, leaf 190.

• Book of Executions, No. I, leaf 251.
' I^)k of Executions, No. I, leaf 253.
" Essex Deeds, book 685, leaf 152.

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Mary F. Sumner, " son and daughter of the late Ebenezer
Sumner," conveyed the property to Edward P. Shaw, Fred L.
Atkinson and Henry J. Downer, trustees, for the Newbury-
port Lodge, No. 909, of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks of the United States of America.*

May 3, 1831, the NewburyiK)rt IJank sold one-half of the
dwelling house No. 5 Harris street, with the land under and

KKSIDKNCK OK CAIT. WII.I.IAM NICHOLS.

adjoining the same, to William Nichols, an active and enter-
prising shipmaster, who was in command of the privateer
Decatur, and afterwards of the Harpy, in the war of 18 12.*
The other half of the house was sold the same day to Eliza-
beth, wife of John Wood.* She conveyed the property to

1 Essex Deeds, book 1750, page 26.

s Essex Deeds, book 262, leaf 104; History of Newburyport (Currier), volume
I, pages 651-653 and 661-664.
' Essex Deeds, book 259, leaf 245.

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Rev. Frederick T. Gray of Boston," who sold it in 1842 to
Captain Nichols.'

A photographic view of the house is reproduced in the
half-tone print on the opposite page.

Captain Nichols, in his will, dated March 14, 1861, and
proved March 17, 1863, gave one-third of the land, with the
dwelling bouse thereon, to each of his three daughters, Mar-
tha W. Todd, Lydia B. Hale and Mary Caroline Nichols.
It subsequently became, by purchase and .inheritance, the
property of George E. Hale, only son of Benjamin and Lydia
B. Hale, and grandson of Capt. William Nichols.

BATHING HOUSES.

July 23, 1805, the subscribers to a fund for building or
buying a bathing house in Newburyport were requested to
meet at the tavern kept by Mr. Perkins^ (Wolfe tavern) ;
and four days later John Boardman conveyed to Stephen
Howard, William Woart and Abraham Perkins land on a way
to be laid down two rods wide,* leading from Pleasant to Mer-
rimack streets, ** to and for the use, benefit and Behoof of
Edward St. Loe Livermore, Daniel A. White, Samuel Foster
and others, their associates, who have by a certain Instrument
or articles of agreement associated together for the purpose
of erecting a Bathing house.***

The building was probably completed and occupied early in
the spring of 1 806. Members of the association were fur-
nished with hot or cold baths any day in the week, Sundays
excepted, from six o'clock a. m. to ten o'clock p. m.^

February 28, 1807, lulward St. Loc Livermore, Jonathan
Gage, Stephen Howard and William Woart, their associates

1 Enex Deeds, book 307, leaf 297.

* Essex Deeds, book 331, leaf 203.

' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette.

* Unicom street.

* Essex lleeds, lxx)k 179, leaf 104.

* Advertisement in NcwUiryport Herald, May 23, 1806.

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68 HISTOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T

and successors, were incorporated by the name of ** The Pro-
prietors of a Bathing House in Newburyix)rt."' On the
twenty-fifth of September following, Stephen Howard, Wil-
liam Woart, Abraham Perkins, Edward St. Loe Livermore,
Daniel A. White and Samuel Foster conveyed the above-de-
scribed land, with the buildings thereon, to the proprietors of
the bathing house.* November i, 1814, the proprietors sold
the property to Jeremiah and David Stickney.'

At or about that date a bathing house was erected on the
wharf where the custom house now stands. June 12, 1827,
William Hervey notified the public that he had purchased the
building on " Jackson's wharf " and thoroughly repaired and
rclurnished it for the use of ladies and gentlemen desiring hot
or cold baths.

In 1834, there was a bathing house on Merrimack street,
near the bottom of Strong street, open from five o'clock a. m.
to ten o'clock p. m., during the summer season.*

After the erection of the custom house, in 1835, Nathan
W. Brown fitted up a building on an adjoining wharf, where
he furnished hot or cold salt-water baths for persons willing
to pay for the same ; "^ and in 1845 another bathing house,
** nearly opposite the James Steam Mills," was supplied with
all the modern conveniences, and well patronized during the
summer months.^

In 1892, the City Improvement society presented to the
city of Newburyi)ort a floating bath house, which was moored
in the dock at the foot of Winter street, and opened for use,
free of charge, in August of that year. It was kept in good
order and condition, by the committee on public property, un-
til the spring of 1906, when it was found to be unsuitable for
further service, and a few months later was sold.

' Acta nml KckoIvcs, 1806-1807, chapter 108.

' Essex l)ee<l8, Ixmk i84» leaf 94.

' Essex Deeds, book 208, leaf 37.

^ Advertisement in the Newburyport Herald, July 22, 1834.

* Advertisement in the Newburyport Herald, Aug. i, 1837.

• Advertisement in the Newburyport Herald, Sept. 5, 1 845.

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STEAM NAVIGATION ON MERRIMACK RIVER.

As early as 18 16 a small steamboat was built at Lowell and
used during the summer months, transporting passengers to
Andover and other towns in that vicinity. This steamboat
had two wheels on each side, connected by an iron chain, with
wooden buckets or paddles attached, which passed over one
wheel, near the bow, down into the water, and then up over
the other wheel, near the stern, propelling the boat at the rate
of five or six miles per hour against wind and tide."

In 1818, the steamboat Mobile was built in Amesbury by
Thomas Bailey for Capt. Edmund Bartlet and others of New-
buryport. When she was nearly ready to launch, the editor
of the Newburyport Semi-weekly Herald, commenting on the
fact, said, ** We believe she is not excelled by any vessel of
her class ever built in the United States, as to strength, good
model, and excellent workmanship.** She was rigged as a
three-masted schooner and sailcil November 16, 18 18, for
lioston, where she was supplied with an engine and boiler,
and thence for Mobile, where she was employed in towing
vessels in the bay and on the Alabama river.'

The steamer Merrimack, built in Haverhill, William Hasel-
tine, master, made her first trip from that town to Newbury-
port, Tuesday, April 8, 1828. For several years she carried
IKissengers and merchandise, during the summer months,
from Haverhill and other towns on the river to Newburyport.^

In 1 83 1, the steamlx)at Mechanic made excursions in the
bay and to Haverhill ;^ and about the same time the steamer
I'^anny was advertised to leave Ncwburyix)rt for occasional
trips to Boar's Head, the Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth and
Boston.

' Contributioiis of Old Residents to the Historical Association of Lowell, Mass.,
volume I, pages 318-336.

' Newburyport Herald, September 29, and November 13 and 17, 1 818.
•Newburyport Herald, April 11, 1825, and July 28, 1829.
* Newburyport Herald, August 30, and September 6, 1 831.

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In 1833, the side-wheel .j5teamboat Herald, about ninety
feet long on deck and tweiity feet wide, was built near the
head of the Middlesex canal, above Pawtucket falls, and made
her first trip from Lowell to Nashua May 31, 1834. Six
years later she was sold, taken down the river to Newbury-
port, and thence to New York, where she was employed trans-
porting passengers to Albany and other towns on the Hudson
river.'

In 1834, a small, well-built boat, named the Essex, owned
by Michael Pearson and George Fitz of Newburyport, carried
passengers during the summer months to Plum island and
Haverhill,* She was propelled by horse power, and was in
service on the river for several seasons.

In July, 1835, the steamer Citizen was advertised to make
excursion trips from Ferry wharf to Portsmouth and Boston.

The steam propeller Decatur, owned by Albert Wood, John
Porter and John Wood, was built by Stephen Jackman, jr.,
and made her first trip from Newburyport to l^ston April
21, 1845, Joseph Bartlett, master. The side-wheel steamboat
Ohio was launched from the yard of Stephen Jackman, jr.,
April 7, 1846. Under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Lunt,
she made two trips weekly from Newburyport to Boston un-
til May, 1847, when she was sold to run in a line of steam
packets from New Orleans to Galveston.

April 9, 1846, John Porter, John Wood, Micajah Lunt and
their associates were incori)oratcd by the name of " The New-
buryport, Boston and Haverhill Steam Boat Company," with
power to build and employ one or more steamboats for the
transportation of merchandise and passengers between New-
buryport and Boston and on the Merrimack river.^ On the
thirtieth of June following the side-wheel steamer Lawrence,
just completed, commenced her daily trips between Newbury-

* Contributions of Old Residents to the Historical Association of Lowell, Mass.,
volume I, pages 318-336.
^ Newburyport Herald, July, 1834, July 10 and 24, and August 4, 1 835.
' Acts and Resolves, 1846, chapter 204.

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port and Haverhill. She left Central wharf at one o'clock
P. M. for Haverhill* returning the next day, leaving Haver-
hill at half-past eight o'clock in the morning, and stopping, on
the way up and down, to take passengers at the usual landing
places.' She was sold in 1848, and employed in the trans-
portation of passengers between Norwich and New London,
in Connecticut.

March 3, 1847, John Burrill, John Huse, John N. Wills
and their associates were incorporated by the name of •* The
Merrimack Stciun Navigation Company,** and authorizotl to
build or employ one or more steamboats to be used in the
harbor of Newburyixjrt or on the Merrimack river.' June
16, 1848, a new steamer, named the Lawrence, made her first
trip from Newburyix)rt to Haverhill, and thence to Lawrence.'
She was a small boat, drawing only fifteen inches of water,
and was employed on the river for one season only. In 1849,
she was sold to the New l^edford and California Mining Com-
pany, and was afterwards employed on the San Joaquin river,
between San I'Vancisco and Stockton, and on the Yuba river
between Sacramento and Marysville.^

In the summer of 1849, ^^e steamer California, built in
Waterville, Maine, Elcfizer R. Walker and Albert Russell,
owners, and A. I*'uller, master, made two trips daily between
Newburyport and Haverhill ; and at the same time the steamer
Sarah, Capt. Isaac Shcpard, was advertised to take merchan-
dise and passengers from Newburyiwrt to other towns on the
river. Both these steamers were sold in September of that
year to be taken to Boston and thence to San Francisco.

* Ncwbury|K>rt Herald, July 17, 1846.

* Acts ami Resolves, 1847, chapter 38.

* Ncwlniry|K)rt Herald, June 17, 1848.

^ 'Hie steamer l^wrence was completely dismantled in the dock at Brown's
wharf, Newburyport, by Charles R. Sargent and Daniel H. Smith. Her ma-
chinery was taken out and shipped to San Francisco, with all the timber, planks,
bolts and other material used in the construction of her hull. Under the super-
vision of Mr. Smith, she was rebuilt in California, and was the first steamboat
employed to carry passengers and freight on the \'ul>a river.

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In July, 1850, the Newbury port Daily Herald announced
the arrival of the steamer Narragansett, John H. Tuttle, mas-
ter. She was in active service on the river for two or three
months. On the fourteenth of August, the steamer Merri-
mac, built under the supervision of David M. Coffin, in the
yard owned by John Currier, jr., began to make regular trips
between Newburyport and Haverhill, under the command of
Capt. William Pritchard. July 25, 1854, she was advertised
for sale by a committee appointed for that purpose, consisting
of Micajah Lunt, William Graves and Mark Symons. In
June, 1855, she was sent to Boston and sold at auction.

In the meantime, the steamer C. H. Stevens, built in Wil-
mington, Delaware, in 185 1, owned by Nicholas Varina, Sam-
uel Stevens, Thomas Huhlin and others of Newhuryjiort, made
her first trip from Newburyport to Haverhill June 23, 1852,
Charles B. Stevens, captain ;' and the steamer Lawrence, a
new and commodious boat, much larger than any before
employed on the river, was chartered and run, at a pecuniary
loss, for several months for the purix)se of stimulating trade
and developing the resources of the Merrimack valley.

The steamer Silver Star, 'I'homas McKinney, master, made
excursions to Haverhill, Plum island and other places of in-

1 July 26, 1853, the Newbury|X)rt Herald announced the sale of the steamer C.
B. Stevens at auction in Hoston.

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terest on the river and in the harbor during the summer of

1855.

Several years later, the Peerless, under the command of
Capt. Joseph M. Coffin, was advertised to take passengers
from Newburyix)rt to Haverhill ; and in 1872 the steamer
Glide, owned and commanded by Captain Coffin, was running
from the above-naixicd towns to Black Rocks and Plum island.
In April of that year the steam propeller May Queen, built
in Philadelphia in 1868, was purchased by Samuel Poor of
Haverhill, nnd cinjvlcjycd in the trans|K)rtation of passengers
and merchandise for many years.

STKAMKK MKKRIMACK, HUII.T IN 1 89 2.

In 1878, Capt, E. v.. Stimpson and Christopher C. Cook of
Haverhill purchased the City of T^edcrickton, a stern-wheel
boat, built in the province of New Brunswick in 1872. She
made her first trip to Haverhill June 24, 1878, but having a
foreign register, was unable to obtain a license to carry freight
or passengers. In April, 1880, she was sold to lion. Edward
P. Shaw, taken to Black Rocks, and converted into a restau-
rant. Her engine and boilers were transferred to the steamer
City of Haverhill, built in Newburyport by John T. P^illmore
for the Merrimack Valley Steamboat Company. '

' 'ri»c Merrimack Valley SleaniUmt ('oinpany was orj»ani7etl in Deccinlwr, 1879.
The Ktcamcr City of Haverhill wa» launched March 25, 1880.

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The last-named steamer made her first trip from Haverhill
to Black Rocks June i8, 1880. She was about one hundred
and seventy-five tons measurement, and was propelled by a
stern wheel, as shown in the half-tone print on page 72.
In 1888, she was sold, and was lost on her way to Key West,
Florida.

The Merrimack, a stcrn-whcclcd stc;uulM>at, alx)ut two
hundred tons register, built in 1892 by Lemuel Marquand, at
Ring's Island, Salisbury, for the Merrimack Valley Steamboat
Company, is still in active service during the summer months,
making two trips daily from Haverhill to Newburyport and
Black Rocks.

HAVERHILL EXPRESS COMPANY S STEAMER.

\^ The steam-tug Thurlow Weed, built in Albany, N. Y., in
17,62, was purchased by Newell Boyd of Amcsbury, Sargent
& Holden of Haverhill and others. She arrived in New-
buryiK)rt June 5, 1864, and for twenty-five or thirty years was
employed in towing vessels in the harbor and on the river.

In 1875, the steam-tug Mattie Sargent, built in Philadel-
phia in 1 87 1, was purchased by Newell Boyd, Sargent & Hol-
den, John O. Davis and others. She was commanded by
William Robinson for one or two years, and afterwards by
Capt. John O. Davis and ('apt. Clemens E. Davis. During
the summer months the barge Ouccn of the Merrimack, built
for Newell Boyd and others at Salisbury in 1870, made fre-
quent excursions from Haverhill and other towns on the river
to Black Rocks, in tow of the steam-tug Mattie Sargent.

Subsequently, the Haverhill Steamboat Express Company
was organized for the purpose of towing vessels and carrying
passengers to and from Haverhill and other towns on Merri-
mack river. The above-named steam-tugs, with the barge
Queen of the Merrimack, and steam propeller General Bart-
lett, built in East Boston, were purchased by the new company

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and used in transporting passengers and merchandise for sev-
eral years.'

PENTUCKET NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Benjamin F. Butler, John Nesmith, DeWitt C. Farrington,
their associates and successors, were incorporated in 1 867, by
the name of the Pentucket Navigation Company, for the pur-
pose of improving navigation in the Merrimack river, and
transporting coal and other merchandise from Newburyport
to lx)wcll.'

It was not, however, until July, 1876, that the steamer
Maud, built in Haverhill, made her first trip from Newbury-
port to Lawrence, under the command of Capt. Henry Vatter,
and in the month of September following was advertised to
make the trip daily. She was sold in 1877, and taken to
Portsmouth, N. H.

The side-wheel steam-tug Charles L. Mather, built in
Athens, N. Y., was purchased by the Pentucket Navigation
Company, and arrived in Newburyport October i, 1876. Two
days later, on her way to Lawrence, she passed through
the draw of the Essex-Merrimack and other bridges on the
river with difficulty. After leaving Haverhill, she struck a
rock at the foot of the rapids in Dutch Gap, and was subse-
quently beached on Kimball's island for temporary repairs.
On the sixteenth of November following, with a barge load of
coal in tow, she made a successful trip from Newburyport to
Lawrence.

The next year the steamer Kitty Boynton, forty-five tons
register, was built by Colby & Lunt, in Ncwburyiwrt, to
assist in the transportation of coal and other merchandise
through the canal from Lawrence to Lowell.^

• The General Bartlett arrived in Newburyport June eighteenth, and made her
fint trip to Haverhill June 24, 1879, under the command of Capt. John O. Davis.

• Acts and Kesohes, 1867, chapter 115.

• The steamer Kitty Boynton was advertised for sale in the Newburyport Herald
Jane 3, 1883.

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The Startled Fawn, built in Philadelphia in 1875, for the
transportation of passengers attending the Centennial fair in
that city, was purchased by the Pentucket Navigation (Com-
pany, and made her first trip July 1 5, 1879, from Newburyport
to Haverhill. She was afterward employed in the development
of travel and the transportation of merchandise on the river.

In 1880, the Orient, a stern- wheeled IxKit, built in Port-
land, Maine, was purchased. She arrived in Newburyport on
the eighteenth of May, but the inspectors at the custom
house found her boilers defective. She was withdrawn from
active service, dismantled, and moored near the marine rail-
way on Ring's island, in Salisbury, where she remained until
destroyed by fire six or eight years later.

The steam-tug Wauwinet, purchased in Boston by Edward
P. Shaw, arrived in Newburyport in tow of steamer Florence
July 23, 1880. She was re-built by Capt. Joseph M. Coffin,
provided with a new engine and boiler, and sold to the Pen-
tucket Navigation Company in July, 1881. The next year
she made daily trips from the foot of Canal street, in Lawrence,
to Haverhill, Newburyix)rt and the sea.

The stern-wheeled steamer Merrimack, built in Essex,
Mass., made her first trip from Haverhill to Lawrence in
November, 1882, under the command of Captain Haverty.
She was withdrawn from service during the winter months,
and early the following spring was taken to Jacksonville,
Florida. All the property of the Pentucket Navigation Com-
pany, not otherwise disposed of, was sold at auction in the
city of I^wrence May 25, 1883.

people's line of steamers.

In 1880, Edward P. Shaw and others organized the Peo-
ple's Line of Steamers, to carry passengers and merchandise
between Haverhill, Amesbury and other towns on the Merri-
mack river and Newburyport and Boston.

The steam-propeller May Queen, owned by the Merrimack

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Valley Steamboat Company, was purchased and used in the
passenger service, and the side-wheel steamboat Florence,
purchased in Rhode Island, made daily trips from Newbury-
port to Boston, under the command of Capt. J. F. Tilton.'

In 1883, the steamer E. P. Shaw, built at Petty 's island,
New Jersey, was employed in the transportation of passengers
to Hlack Rocks, during the siniuner months; and, in 1889,
the Pauline, built by Lemuel Marquand at Ring's island, in
Salisbury, was engaged in the same service.

In 1891, the street railway from Market square, Newbury-

' In September, 1880, the steamer Florence was sold, and the E. P. Morris was
purchased to take her place; but the business proving unremunerative she was
withdrawn from active service in October, 188 1.

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port, to Salisbury beach was equipped for electric car service,
and the People's Line of steamers discontinued.

PHII.ADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRON COMPANY AND
MERRIMACK RIVER TOWING COMPANY STEAMERS.

In 1873, Henry M. Cross, a wholesale and retail dealer in
coal in Newburyport, sold his wharf property to the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company,* and was appoint-
ed agent of the company for Newburyport and vicinity, which
position he held ten or twelve years. Adjoining lots of land
were purchased, and the erection of a coal pocket, for storing
and distributing coal, begun in 1874, was completed in 1876.
Soon after the last-nameil date, the iron colliers, " Leopard,"
'* Panther," " Hercules," " Achilles," ** Rattlesnake," " Centi-
pede" and others made frequent trips from Philadelphia to
Newburyport with coal. Barges in tow of steamers are now
employed in that service, and larger storage capacity has been
provided by the erection of additional coal pockets.

In 1880, the steam-tug Luke Hoyt, built in Philadelphia in
1863, was purchased by William E. McQuillen and others
and twelve months later the steam-tug Famsworth, built in
New Jersey in 1877, was purchased by Henry M. Cross and
others. The owners of both of these tugs united, in 1882, to
form the Merrimack River Towing Company, Henry M.
Cross, president, William E. McQuillen, general manager, and
James V. Felker, secretary and treasurer. Several years later
the company purchased the steam-tug Thurlow Weed, owned
by its competitor, the Haverhill Express Company, and soon
obtained complete control of the towing business on the river
and in the harbor.

There was an active demand for these boats, and vessels
loaded with coal, lumber and other merchandise were fre-
quently obliged to wait in Newburyport for a favorable oppor-
tunity to proceed up the river. The steam-tug Famsworth,

' Essex Deeds, book 882, leaves 83 and 254; book 891; leaf 109.

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STKAM-TU('..S FARNSWORTII AND THURLOW WKKI).

nearly rencly to take a barge load of stone to the jetties, and
the Thinlow Weed, preixiring to tow a coal-ladened schooner
to I lavcrhill, are shown in the above half-tone print.

In addition to the above-named tugs, the Merrimack River
Towing Company purchased the Clara E. Uhler, built in Phil-
adelphia in 1881* Subsequently, the company increased its
capital stock, and purchased the Bronx, built in Brooklyn, N.
Y., in 1884, the Hazel Dell, built in New Baltimore, N. Y., in
1888, the Cygnet, built in East Boston, Mass., in 1890, the
Powow, built in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1904, and the
Monomark, built in East Boston in 1908.

The Liikc Iloyt, the Farnsworth, the Thurlow Weed and
tilt; Clara E. Uhlcr were sold fifteen or twenty years ago. At
the present time the Bronx, Hazel Dell, Cygnet, Powow and
Monomack are employed eight or nine months in the year in
towing vessels in and out of the harbor and transporting
CfKiI in barges from Newburyjwrt to Haverhill and other towns
on the river.

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STEAM YACHTS, SEA-COING STEAMERS AND EXCURSION BOATS.

The steam yacht Everett, twenty-five tons register, built in
Salisbury in 1874, by Joseph M. Coffin, made frequent ex-
cursions in 1875 '^^"^ Newburyix)rt to Black Rocks and
other places of interest on the river.

June 9, 1877, the steamer Alice M., built in Haverhill,
made her frrst 'trip to Newburyport under the command of
Capt. Henry Vatter. The next year she was employed dur-
ing the summer months in taking passengers from the city of
Lawrence to the sea.

In October, 1877, the steam yacht Evangeline, forty-two
feet long and eight feet beam, came from Salem to Newbury-
port, thence to Lawrence, and through the Essex Company's
canal to Lowell. She made frequent trips between that city
and Nashua, and is said to be the largest boat that has ever
come up the river to Lawrence, and the only one that has
passed through the canal to Lowell.

In 1878, the Three Brothers, under the command of Capt.
Joseph M. Coffin, was advertised to make frequent trips from
Newburyport to Plum island and Salisbury beach.

In 1879, the steamer Massasoit, purchased in Boston by
John C. Tilton of Haverhill, was converted into a barge
and employed, in connection with the steam-tug Charles L.
Mather, in carrying excursion parties from Haverhill to the
seashore.

In 1880, two small steamers, the White 1^'awn and the
Wanderer, made trips almost daily from Newburyport to Glou-
cester, Isle of Shoals and Portsmouth.

In July, 1 88 1, Edward P. Shaw purchased the steam-tug
George A. Chaffee, and employed her, under the name of the
" Jetty," in towing barges loaded with stone from the quarry
opposite Carr's island to the jetties at the mouth of the river.

In 1883, the Zepher, a small steam yacht, and the Evan-
geline, about twenty-three tons register, built in Ipswich in
1 88 1, and rebuilt at Danversport in 1882, were advertised to

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take passengers from Newburyport to Salisbury beach and
Plum island ; and the Lawrence, Captain Haverty, ran from
Amesbury to Newburyport, connecting with the People's Line
of Steamers for Black Rocks.

The Minneola, a twin-screw steamer, built in Newburyport
in 1887, by John T. Fillmore, for Herbert E. Wales of Haver-
hill, was for two or three years a popular excursion boat, mak-
ing frequent trips from Haverhill to Boar's Head, Portsmouth,
and the Isle of Shoals. She was sold early in the month of
June, 1889, and taken to Providence, R. L

The Josie M., a small steamer, built and owned by Charles
H. Sargent and Lemuel Marquand, made excursions down
the harbor in the summer of 1888, and frequently extended
her trips to Ipswich and Cape Ann when the weather was
favorable. She was sold in 1891, and her name changed to
Edgewater.

The side-wheel steamer Lcwiston, owned by the Bay State
Steamship Com|>any, made daily trips from Newburyport to
lk)ston from May 2, to July 7, 1898, under the command of
Capt. George F. Woodman, but she was found to be unsuit-
able for freight and passenger service on the Merrimack river
and was afterward employed elsewhere.

The steamer City of Haverhill, built in East Boston by
Robert F. Keough for the Haverhill, Newburyport and Bos-
ton Steamboat Company,' was em[)loyed in carrying merchan-
dise and passengers during the summer months in 1902, from
Haverhill to Newburyport, and thence to Boston. She was
commanded by Capt. George F. Woodman, and in October of
that year was sold to John II. McKinnon of lk)ston, and
afterward to James D. Minto of Providence, R. I.

In addition to the above-described steam-tugs and steam-
boats, a number of steam launches and private yachts have
been built, under the supervision of their owners, in Newbury-

' Henry B. Little, president; John E. McCusker, treasurer.

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port. The largest of these yachts, the Chetolah, built for
Capt. Charles Lunt in 1891, was designed and thoroughly
equipped for cruising on the New England coast. In the
same class, but considerably smaller in tonnage, was the
Vesta, built in 1893 f^r William H. Noyes.

The steam yacht Dora, built in East Boston in 1893, ^"^
purchased by Frederick S. Moseley, esq., in February, 1895,
for his private use, made frequent trips during the next three
or four years to places of interest in the vicinity of Ncwbury-
port. She was a swift and staunch sea-boat, able to withstand
the fury of the winds and waves, and provided with ample
accommodations for comfort and convenience. The half-tone
print on the opposite page is taken from a photograph of the
Dora, as she lay at anchor in the Merrimack river, nearly
opposite the residence of her owner. She was sold to the
United States government in October, 1899 ; and was subse-
quently employed in the hospital service at or near the island
of Cuba.

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CHAPTER XX.

SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MILITARY COMPA-
NIES, GUN HOUSE AND VETERAN ARTILLERY
ASSOCIATION.

Resolutions condemning the arbitrary acts passed by
parliament, regelating the commerce and government of the
province of Massachusetts Bay, were adopted in Newburyport
in May, 1774, and independent military companies were
speedily organized and equipped to defend the political rights
and privileges guaranteed to the province under its charter.
September 21, 1774, the following notice appeared in the
Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet : —

Wednesday last the independent military society in this town met at
the town-house compleat in arms and ammunition : After having been
reviewed by their officers chosen by the society, they performed the man-
ual exercise and filings, after which they marched to the Mason's arms
tavern, and there performed the evolutions ; and from thence marched
to Mr. William TeePs (a gentleman that has always not only talked, but
acted upon the genuine principles of patriotism), who had prepared an
elegant entertainment for the society ; after spending a few very agree-
able hours with a number of gentlemen (whom Mr. Teel had invited)
in conversation, repast, and drinking a number of loyal and patriotic
toasts, the society again rallyed, marched to the town-house, and after
firing three vollies lodged their arms. All was conducted with the great-
est order and good humour.

At a town meeting held in Newburyport October 24, 1774,
to consider the deplorable condition of public affairs and de-
termine what action should be taken " to protect and preserve
the rights and privileges granted and guaranteed by the char-
ter of the Province," the following votes were passed : —

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Voted that all the Inhabitants of this Town be desired to furnish
themselves with arms and ammunition according to Law, and that they
have, also, Bayonets fixed to their Guns as soon as may be.

Voted that the Committee of Safety be desired to enquire into the
matter and that they be ready in Ten Days, at the farthest, to lay before
the Town a list of those who are furnished agreeable to this vote, and
those who are not*

On the tenth of November following it was voted that the
male inhabitants of Newburyport over sixteen years of age,
except those excused by law from military duty and persons
exempt by reason of physical disability should be required to
join one of the four companies of militia already organized or
one of the new companies, of fifty members each, to be
formed immediately* At the same meeting the committee of
safety recommended and the town adopted the following
vote : —

That the four companies of this Town, as they are now divided by
lines, chuse their respective Captains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns, by a
majority of votes to be collected by the Selectmen and Assessors from
every person within the limits of each company, whether they be in the
alarm or traimng band list, excepting those who, at that time, may be
formed into companies of not less than fifty men in each company.*

November seventeenth, the selectmen and assessors were
instructed to report the names of all persons who were not
at that date connected with one of the military confpanies or-
ganized for the defence of the town ; and, March 9, 1775, it
was voted to raise a company of minute men and pay each
man two dollars for a whole day's and one dollar for a half
day's service in drilling.^ Subsequently, the town voted to
give the minute men as much for their time " in learning and
practicing the art military as any Town* in the County for y«
same purpose/'^

' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 211.
' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 213.
* Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 227.
^ Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 230.

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When rumors of the battle at Lexington and Concord
reached Newburyport, at mid-day, April 19, 1775, preparations
were made to send, with ,al1 possible dispatch, to the com-
.mander-in-chief of the American troops at Cambridge a com-
pany of one hundred men, under the command of Capt.
Moses NowelL* Two heavy cannon, with ammunition and
other military supplies, were forwarded immediately after the
company started on its march. Christian Febiger, a Danish
soldier, living in Newburyport, assisted in these military prep-
arations, as stated in the following letter : —

Newburyport, April 28, 1775
Sir

Mr. Christian Febiger, the bearer, has been a resident in this town
about three weeks. He came last from New-haven in Connecticut &
from what Acquaintance we have had with him it appears to us that he
is a person well acquainted with the Art Military & professes that since
he is a Dane he is willing to serve in the American Anny for pay. He
appeared very ready to assist in our late Alarm.

In behalf of the Committee

Jon A TiTcoMM
To the Honbie the Chairman of the Committee of War.>

At the battle of Bunker hill. Christian Febiger was adju-
tant of the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts regiment, command-
ed by Col. Samuel Gerrish of Newbury. *

On that memorable day, two military companies, under the
command of Capt. Ezra Lunt and Capt. Benjamin Perkins of
Newburyport, were in the Seventeenth regiment, which held
an exposed position near the summit of the hill.* The com-
missioned officers of this regiment were as follows : —

' For the names of the officers and men in Captain NoweH's company, see His-
tory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 340.

* Massachusetts Archives, volume CXLVI, page 25; American Archives, Fourth
Series, volume H, page 433.

History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 604.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 546-548.

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Colonel, Moses Little.
Lieutenant Colonel, Isaac Smith.
Major, James Collins.

CAPTAINS.

Jacob Gerrish,
Nathaniel Warner,
Nathaniel Wade,
Abraham Dodge,
John Baker,
Ezra Lunt,
Benjamin Perkins,
Gideon Parker,
Joseph Robey,
Timothy Barnard.

LIEUTENANTS.

Silas Adams,
John Bumam,
Joseph Hodgkins,
Ebenezer Low,
Caleb Thompson,
Moses Kent,
Joseph Whitemore,
Joseph Eveley,
Shuball Gorham,
Paul Lunt.

SECOND LIEUTENANTS.

Thomas Brown,
Daniel Collins,
Aaron Parker,
James Lord,
Daniel Dresser,
Nathi Montgomery,
William Stickney,
Moses Trask,
Enoch Parsons,
Amos Atkinson.!

Moses Little, colonel of the Seventeenth regiment, was born
in Newbury May 8, 1724. He married Abigail, daughter of
Joshua and sister of Gen. Jacob Bailey, June 5, 1743, and
four or five years later built a dwelling house at Turkey hill,
where he lived until his death in 1798. Although more than
a century and a half old this house is still in good order and
condition as shown in the half-tone print on the preceding page.

In addition to the men from Newburyport in the companies
commanded by Captain Ezra Lunt and Capt. Benjamin Per-
kins, Benjamin Newman and John Spring were drummers and
fifers, and John Choat, Eben Choat, Samuel Place and John
Carvanaugh, privates, in Capt. Joseph Gerrish's company ;*
John llalliday, Charles Rogers, John Silloway and Jonathan
Buswell were in Capt. Gideon Parker's comi>any ;* and Patrick
Herrington, Shadrick Ireland, John Hussey, Solomon Obbins,
William Pottle, Daniel Pike, William Pay,* Richard Swan,
John Smith, John Stone, Israel Teal, Patrick Tracy,* John

1 Massachusetts Archives, volume CXLVI, page 274; Ilistory of Newbury
(Currier), page 600.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 601.

' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XV, |)age 91 ; History
of Newbury (Currier), page 600 note.

^ In September, 1775, William Pay and Patrick Tracy joined the expedition,
under the command of Col. Iknedict Arnold, for the capture of Quebec.

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York, Benjamin Clannen and Charles Butler, all of Newbury-
port, were in Capt. Timothy Barnard's company."

John Foster of Newbiiry|X)rt was in Capt. Aaron Haynes*
company, in Colonel lirewer's regiment, on the seventeenth
day of June ;* and early in September Samuel Foot and Wil-
liam Lambert enlisted in Capt. Jeremiah Oilman's company
in Col. John Nixon's regiment.'

On the nineteenth of September, twelve or thirteen hun-
dred men, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, sailed
in eleven trans|x)rts from Newburyi)ort for the mouth of the
Kennebec river, on their way to Quebec.'* Caleb Haskell,
who accompanied the cx|)cdilion, gives in his published diary
an account of the sufferings and hardships endured by the
troops on their march through the wilderness and in their
valiant, but unsuccessful, attempt to capture the city.

On the twenty-fourth of October, all the able-bodied men
in Newburyport were enrolled in four military companies, and
officers were apix)inted to arm and equip the companies for
active service in the field.* The heavy artillery guns, owned
by the town, were placed in charge of Capt. Thomas Thomas,
Capt. Joshua Titcomb, Capt. William Coombs, Capt. David
Coates, Capt. William Friend and Capt. Michael Hodge, who
were authorized to enlist, for the large guns, eight men
each, and for the smaller ones, six men each.^ Jonathan
Titcomb was apix>inted colonel, Jonathan Jackson, lieutenant-
colonel, John Lowell, major or adjutant, and Josiah Smith,
second adjutant of the Second regiment, which included the
infantry and artillery companies of Amesbury, Salisbury, and
Newburyport.'

* ^f(l!Si;.1chlL■lctt.H Archtvea { Revolutionary Rolls), volume LVI, page 89; volume
XlVt ^M^e T5; nml Histoid thi Newbury (Currier), page 602.

• Maftsnt'IiMsetl^i Arcbivfls ( Uevolulionary Rolls), volume LVI, page 37.
' Maisachiii^ttA Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume LVI, page 29.

* riiBl(iT> f>f Ncwbur)jxirt (Currier), volume I, pages 556-558.
' lltaloq^ at Newhur)-p)it (rurrier), volume I, page 562.

• Newtmryprtl ^IViwn Kccnrils, volume I, )>age 244.

' At an cnrlier dntc, ihi^ rr^iment was composed of companies from the towns
of Newlniry, Rowley, Amesbury and Salisbury. After the incorporation of New-

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Some excitement evidently preceded the organization of
these companies, for the town voted, at a meeting held on the
day above-named, " that Mr Will"* Knap have the thanks of
the Town for striving to suppress the Tumult that was in the
Town last night."'

A few weeks later active steps were taken to fit out several
armed vessels for the protection of the sea-coast, and men
whose terms of service had expired were earnestly urged to
re-enlist and join the Continental army, then in camp at
Cambridge. The facts and incidents connected with these
and other important measures adopted during the Revolution-
ary war have been described in a previous volume,' but some
additional facts, with the names of the oflficers and men credited
to Newburyport after January i, 1776, will be found in the
following pages.

A company, composed of men from Medford, Chelsea,
Haverhill, Rowley, Newbury and Newburyport, was in Col.
Benjamin Tupper's regiment at Cambridge in January, 1776.*
The officers of the company were as follows : —

Moses Greenleaf,

Captain,

Newburyport.

Silas Clark,

Lieutenant,

Chelsea.

David Bradley,

((

Haverhill.

Nehemiah Emerson,

Ensign,

Morrill Whittier,

Sergeant,

Newburyport.

William Paige,

Moses Whilticr,

John Lougee,

Haverhill.

John Kilbom,

Corporal,

Rowley.

Richard Hunnewell,

Newburyport.

William Poor,

Thomas Holliday,

Dnimmer,

huryport, Francis Bernard, governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, trans-
ferred the Newbury and Rowley companies to the Seventh regiment, leaving the
Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport companies in the Second regiment.

1 Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 245.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 529-606.

' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XI, page 71 ; and His-
tory of Newbury (Currier), page 605.

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The soldiers who served in the ranks of the company, from
Newburyport, were as follows : —

Jonathan Buswell,
Paul Coffin,
Leonard Cotton,
Benjamin Cotton,
Makepeace Colby,
Oliver Cromwell,
James Clout,
David Downing,
Thomas Hooper,
Charies Jarvis,
John Knight,

Samuel Lovell,
Richard Lovell,
William Stonman,
Joseph Stevens,
Michael Stockman,
Oxford Tufts,
William Williamson,
Nathaniel Willett,
Daniel Collins,
Solomon Aubin,
Elipht Griffin.

At a special meeting of the inhabitants of Newburypoit,
held May 6, 1776, Michael Hodge was chosen clerk. " He
was immediately sworn to the faithful discharge of his Duty
by the Selectmen present, there being no Justice of the Peace
in the Town/*'

After the evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776, the
Twelfth Massachusetts regiment, under the command of Col.
Moses Little, was ordered to New York, and, in Major-gen-
eral Greene's division of the Continental army took an active
part in the battles of Long Island and Harlem Heights. The
officers of the regiment were as follows : —

Moses Little,
WiUiam Henshaw,
James Collins,
Dudley Colman,
John Carr,
Elisha Story,
Oliver Noble,

Colonel ;

Lieutenant-colonel ;
Major ;
Adjutant ;
Quartermaster ;
Surgeon ;
Chaplain.

*' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 254.

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92 HISTOR y OF NE WB UR YPOR 7

CAPTAINS. FIRST LIEUTENANTS.

Jacob Gerrish, Amos Atkinson,

John Baker, Caleb Lambson,

Gideon Parker, Moses Kent,

Nathaniel Wade, Joseph Hodgkins,

Ezra Lunt, Stephen Jenkins,

Abraham Dodge, James Lord,

Nathaniel Warner, John Bumham,

Benjamin Perkins. Sylvanus Smith.

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. ENSIGNS.

Samuel Hughes, Wm Searl,

Joseph Fisk, Sami Proctor,

Jared Smith, Benj. Gould,

John Carr, Wm Littlefield,

Nathaniel Montgomery, Nathi Mitchell,

Enoch Parsons, Wm Story,*

Daniel Collins, Jonathan Woodman,

Dudley Colman. Amos Pearson.

' William Storey, bom in that part of I|>8wich which is now within the limits of
the town of Essex, was sergeant in Abraham I)o«lge'8 company in Col. Moses T-it-
tle's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, and ensign in the same regiment at
I>ong Island and Harlem Heights. In 1777, he was lieutenant and adjutant in
Michael Jackson's regiment, an<l was ai)|w>inted captain of a com|>any in that regi-
ment August 12, 1779. He married Mary Choate of Ipswich, and had one son,
William, who died, unmarried, and one daughter, Susan, who married Moses Fos-
ter. For his second wife he married Lydia Giddings, and two or three years later
came to Newburyport, where he was employed as captain of a vessel engaged in
the West India trade. He died at sea, near Point a Petres, Guadaloupe, in 1800.

Charles W. Storey, son of William and Lydia (Citldings) Storey, was lK>m in
Essex December 20, 1786. He married Elizabeth Bumham in .September, 181 5,
and rciiMwcd l»» Clarenioiil, N. II., where hi* oldest son, Charles W. Storey, jr.,
was bom. In 1823, he was established in business in Newburyport, and purchased
the house on High street recently owned and occupied by Nathaniel N. Jones, esq.,
now the property of Mrs. Clara Erskine (Clement) Waters. He was subsequently
a merchant in Havana. He died January 8, 1845, and was buried in Oak Hill
cemetery, Newburyport.

Charles W. Storey, jr., l)orn in Clareni<mt, N. II., July 18, 1816, graduated ut
Harvard college in 1835, and was admitted to practice at the Suffolk liar in 1840.
He married, July 30, 1842, Elizabeth Moorfieldof Hingham, and was clerk of the
Massachusetts house of representatives from 1846 to 1850. He resided in Koxbury,
which is now a part of Boston, where the following-named children were bom :
Moorfield, bom March 19, 1845; counsellor-at-law in Boston; married, January 6,
1870, Anna Gertmde, daughter of Richard D. Cutts of Washington, D. C.
Mariana Teresa, bom October 30, 1847. Susan Tappan, bom November i, 1851.

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In the summer of 1776, a company of matrosses/ under
the command of Capt. Edward Wigglesworth, and a company
of sea-coast men, under the command of Capt. Moses Nowell,
were stationed at Plum island.' The muster roll giving the
names of the men who served in these two companies has
not been found, but there is on file at the state house in Bos-
ton a partial list of the men in Captain Nowell's company
from November 20, 1776, to January i, 1777, as follows : — '

MfwcH l*ikc, Second liciil. James McDonald, Private.

Daniel Knight, Sergeant. Enoch Sweat, **

Isaac Knap, Corporal. Mayo Greenleaf, **

Benjamin Newman, Private. Benjamin Toppan, **

Enoch Moody, ** Samuel Newman, **

Annis Merrill, " Moses Cheaney, "

Richardson Norton, " Richard Jackman, **

Isaac Davis, " tristam pilsbury, "

One company of si.xty-four men, Elias Davis, captain,
Greenleaf Clarke, first lieutenant, Moses Pike, second lieu-
tenant, all of Newburyport, in the regiment commanded by
Col. Timothy Pickering of Salem ; and in the same regiment
one comfxiny of sixty-seven men, Paul Moody, captain, Caleb
Kimball, first lieutenant, John Atkinson, second lieutenant,
of Newbury, were ordered to march to Danbury, Connecticut,
December 24, 1776.^

Capt. Moses Greenleaf of Newburyport had command of
a company in Col. Ebenezer Francis* battalion at Bennington,
Vermont, March 13, 1777. The following-named citizens of
Ncwbury|)ort were in Captain Grccnleaf's company : — *

* Soldiers who lunisted in loading and firing the heavy artillery pieces.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 566 and 567 note.

* Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Kolls), volume III, page 31.

* Massachusetts Archives, volume XXXII, page 283; History of Newbury (Cur-
rier), page 609.

* Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XIX, page 129. The
company was mustered into ser\'icc in Deccmlier, 1776.

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Morrill Whitrier,

Sergeant.

William Williamson,

Private.

Thomas HoUiday,

Drummer.

Jonathan Buswell,

John Flynn,

Private.

Richard Lowell,

John Stickney,

Makepeace Colby,

John Knight,

Leonard Cotton,

James Lindsey,

Oliver Cromwell,

James Ward,

Eliphalet Griffin,

John Dexter,

John Connoly,

John Askin,

Robert Pembroke,

Charles Jarvis,

David Roberts,

Samuel Lowell,

William Lewis,

Daniel Price,

John White,

James Summers,

John Ennis,

James Donnoly,

In CoL Jonathan Titcomb*s regiment, at Rhode Island, in
1777, the following-named persons were in a company com-
manded by Capt. Moses Nowell : — '

John Merrill,

First lieutenant.

Salisbury.

Charies Weed,

Second ««

Amesbury.

Joseph Pike,

Sergeant,

Newburyport.

Thomas Green,

John Stevens,

Salisbury.

Peter Bagley,

Amesbury.

Amos Poor,

Corporal,

Newburyport.

William Ellitt,

Samuel Eaton,

Salisbury.

Jon Hoyt,

Amesbury.

Daniel Pike,

Dmmmer,

Newburyport.

Samuel Stickney,

Fifer,

Hugh Thomson,

Private,

Hugh Thomson, jr..

Benjamn Pike, jr..

Isaac Frothenham,

Caleb Fott,

Joseph Rollings,

Eliphlet Rollings,

Israel Hardy,

* Manachutetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume III, page 21; and His-
tory of Newbury (Currier), page 611.

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SOLDfERS IN THE REVOLUTIOI^ARY WAR

Thomas Cheney,
Humphrey W. Richards,
Nehemiah Choat,
Nathaniel Bradford (?),
Nathi Johnson,
Moses Hobson,
Jeremiah Hobson,
Benjamin Whipple,
Joseph Dodge,
Joseph Brown,
Bcnjn Pike,

Private.

Newburyport.

RESIDBNCB OF COL. BDWARI) WI(X;LRSW0RTH.

Other men in this company were from Newbury, Amesbury
and Salisbury.

In December, 1776, Col. Edward Wigglesworth, having
served with distinction in the army under Major-general Ho-
ratio Gates, in the vicinity of Lake Champlain and I^ke
George, returned to Newburyport and raised, in Newbury and
other towns in Essex county, a regiment which was mustered
into service in the following spring.'

' History of Newbur)'|x)rt (Currier), volume I, pages 581-584.

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In June, 1777, Dudley Colman of Newbury was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of Col. Samuel McCobb*s regiment, which
was raised in the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln for the
expedition to the river St. John, in Nova Scotia, but in the
month of July following he was transferred to Col. Edward
Wigglesworth's regiment, in place of Lieut.-col. Nathan
Fuller, resigned.'

In Capt. Daniel Pillsbury's company, in Colonel Wiggles-
worth's regiment, the following-named persons were credited
to Newburyport : — '

Peter Magee, Jno (?) Jamson,

Jacob Brown, John Teling,

Enoch Fool, Abijah Ronney,

George Coffin, James Babb,

Nathan Whining, William Hunniford,

George Huntress, Nath> Parker,

Robin Winder (?), Daniel Kldridge,

John Cook, Michael Crosby.

Thomas Hopkins of Newburyport was in Capt. Nathaniel
Alexander's company, and John Stone, in Capt. Joseph
. MicNall's company, in the same regiment.^
- In 1777, the following-named persons enlisted in Newbury-
port for three years' service in the Continental army : — "•

Jonathan Buswell, John Carey,

Amos Brown, George Coffin,

John Brown, Benjamin Connors,

Makepeace Colby, Ebenezer Choat,

Daniel Collins, James Delany,

Leonard Cotton, David Duning,

Paul Coffin, Jonathan Day,

John Colony, John Davis,

' MossachuKetU Archives ( Kevohuionnry Rolls), volume CCXIV, pages 143 and
407; and volume XI, page 38.

* Massachusetts Archives ( Revolutionary Rolls), volume XI, page 41.

* Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XI, pages 39 and 46.

* Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XXVI I, pages m-
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SOLDIENS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

John Ennis,
John Fielding,
Enoch Foot,
Moses George,
Eliphalet Griffith,
Thomas Goodale,
Thomas Giles,
Moses George,
Thomas Gould,
Jeremiah Goldsmith,
John Graham,
Henry Greenlcaf,
Thomas Holliday,
John Harris,
Richard Honeywell,
George Huntress,
William Hanniford,
Cust Hemphill,>
William Harding,
Joseph Harbut,
Charles Jarvis,
Pomp Jackson,*
John Knight,
Stephen Kent,
John Kiney,
William Lewis,
Jonathan Merrill,
James Mosely,
John Morris,
William McGenlic,
David Osgood,
William Pay,

William Poor,
David Pierce.
Robert Pembroke,
James Pinder,
Samuel Phips,
Joseph Putnam,
David Roberts,
David Rogers,
John Richards,
John Stickney,
John Stoneman,
James Summers,
Michael Stockman,
Joseph Stan wood,
John Stockman,
John Stockman, jr.,
John Stone,
Oxford Trask (?),
Peter Thomas,
Benjamin Henry Toppan,
Morrill Whicher,
William Williamson,
Moses Whicher,
John White,
Nathaniel Willet,
James Ward,
Moses Woodman,
Nathan Whitney,
Stephen Wyatt,
Joseph Willis,
Benjamin Wattel.

In a certificate, acknowledged February i6, 1778, before
Nicholas Pike, justice of the peace, the names of the men
who had enlisted, previous to that date, for three years, were

'Probably a slave named "Cuff,*' owned by David Hemphill. History of
Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 585.

* )une 19, 1776, Jonathan Jackson, a wealthy and influential citizen of Newbury-
port, set free his ** negro man Tomp.'* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume
I, page 71.

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reported by Ralph Cross, one of the selectmen of Newbury-
port, as follows : — '

In Col. Ebenezer Francis' regiment : —

Capt. Moses Greenleaf,
William Pay,
John Stickney,
William Poor,
John Fielding,
Makepeace Colby,
Thomas Holliday,
Jonathan Merrill,
John Stonman,
John Arskins,
Charles Jarvis,
John Lindsey,
Morrill Whicher,
Daniel Collins,
John Knight,
Paul Coffin,
Jonathan Buswell,
James Delaney,
James Summers,
William Williamson,
Daniel Price,
Samuel Lowell,
Richard Lowell,
Leonard Cotton,

John Harris,
Moses George,
Kliphalet Griffith,
Solomon Aubin,
Moses Whicher,
Michael Stanwood,
John Colony,
William Lewis,
John Ennis,
David Roberts,
Robert Pembroke,
John White,
Nathaniel Willet,
Benjamin Cotton,
James Ward,
David Osgood,
Oxford Trask (?),
John Mason,
Richard Hunnywell,
David Downing,
Moses Woodman,
John Cary,
Stephen Kent.

In Col. Edward Wig^lcsworth's regiment :-

Enoch Foot,
George Coffin,
George Huntress,
Nathan Whiting,
John King,
Ahijah Kinney,
James Bab,
Robert Wade,
Nathaniel Parker,

Daniel Eldridge,
William Hanniford,
John Cook,
John Stone,
Thomas Giles,
James Pinder,
Benjamin H. Toppan,
Jonathan Day,
John Stockman,

* Massachusetts Archives ( Revolutionary Rolls), volume LIH, page 197.

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Ebenezar Choat, Samuel Easterbrooks,

John Stockman, jr., Pomp Jackson,

John Morriss, Samuel Phips,

Amos Brown, Samuel Greenleaf,

David Rogers, Benjamin Willett,

Cust Hemphill, William McClenlick,

John Brown, Jeremiah Goldsmith,

Moses George, William Harding,

James Mosely, Joseph Harbutt,

Stephen Wyatt, John Graham,

Thomas Gould, Thomas Greenleaf,

James Putnam, John Richards,

Joseph Willis, John Davis.
John Kenney,

In General Washington's body gtiard : — •

James McKeen, Michael Caswell.

Zebulon Titcomb, William Conner (?),

Michael Titcomb, Dean Osgood,

Lemuel Coffin, Andrew Newhall.
John Coffin,

Subsequently, Gen. Jonathan Titcomb notified Jonathan
Jackson, esq., of some additional enlistments, as follows : — '

Newburyport 12 March 1778
Or S"

This serves to Inform you that 1 Have Compleated our Quota of Men
for the continental army. Should be Obliged to you to See the Follow-
ing names Entered on our Return that is Lodged in the Secretary's
Office, and am with Best Regards yr Hume Serv*

Jon A Titcomb

Thos Hooper, in Capt Moses Greenleafs company of Col. Frances'
Regiment.

William Cole

Samuel Reaves In Capt Ezra Lunt's company of Col. Henly's

John Brown | Regiment.

John Mc*Man

Hooper is of this Town, the Others are from Machias as Capt. Lunt
informs roe.

' History o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 598-601.

' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume LI 1 1, page 204.

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In answer to a call for more troops, the following-named
soldiers enlisted in Newburyport and served in the Continen-
tal army for nine months from April 20, 1778 : — '

Benjamin Webster, John Rosse,

Samuel Davis, Joseph Little,

Jonathan Huntoon, Anthony Boston,

James Bafford, James Davis.

On the thirty-first of July (1778), the Newburyport Artil-
lery company, under the command of Capt. Thomas Thomas,
volunteered to serve for two months in Rhode Island, under
General Sullivan. This company was in Gen. Jonathan Tit-
comb's brigade at the battle near Newix)rt, on the eighth of
August.* Rev. Manasseh Cutler, chaplain of the brigade,
wrote in his diary as follows : — ^

August 4, 1778, General Tilcomb called on me on his way to Rhode
Island and invited me to go with him as Chaplain to his brigade on llie
present expedition. . . .

August 7th (Friday) Preparing to set out for Rhode Island to-mor-
row. . . .

August loth (Monday) This morning I crossed on to Rhode Island
and joined General Titcomb^s Brigade. Dined with him and a number
of genUemen on the ground abroad, not having any quarters. Slept this
night in the officer's room at the barracks in the fort taken up by Colonel
Wade. . . .

August 23»"«t (Lord's Day) Kxpcctcd to preach and just prepared to
go up to the brigade when the General received a letter from (General
Sullivan informing him that the French fleet was so disastered that they
could by no means afford us any assistance, but were gone to Boston to
refit. . . . This unexpected desertion of the fleet, which was the
mainspring of the expedition, cast a universal gloom on the army and
threw us all into consternation. Our most sanguine hopes were cropped
in the bud, and we expected immediate orders to move off the ground.
This prevented the brigade*s meeting for religious services.

* Masiachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XXVIII* |)age 153.

• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 285-287.
' Lilc of Rev. Mananch Cutler, volume I, pages 65-70.

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August twenty-ninth, the army retreated to Ikitt's hill, and
the next day the expedition was abandoned and the troops
were allowed to return home.

In the month of February following, at the request of the
committee of corresix)ndence and safety of Newburyport, the
General Court passed the following order : —

Slate of MtissnchiiscUs Hay

In Council February i8, 1779.
Ordered thai the Hoard of War be and they hereby arc directed to
deliver the HonWc Henjamin (ireenleaf, Ksq., or to his order, one hun-
dred and thirty pound weight of Musket Ball and fifty weight of Gun
Fowder for the use of the town of Newburyport, and to cause the same
to be conveyed there; it being for a like Quantity borrowed by order of
the Council forCapt. jedediah Preble, Jun., for the Eastern Indians, as
appears by said Preble's receipt dated November 4, 1 778.'

For the protection of the sea-coast, (icn. Jonathan Titcomb
applied to the governer and council for additional military
supplies, and in answer to his request the following order was
adopted : —

In Council May 5, 1779. Rejid and Ordered that the Hoard of War
be and they hereby arc directed to deliver Brigade Jonathan Titcomb
one Brass Field piece with the Carriage and appurtenances, 40 Cannon-
ade Shott, 80 round of cartridges field & 40 round shott for the Com-
pany of Matrosses in the Town of Newbury Port, — he to be accountable
for the same.*

A copy of the al)ovc order was sent to (lencral Titcomb,
who replied as follows : —

* MnxHachusettii Archives, volume CLXXV, |)nj»e 1 69.

• MnKsnchuKctls Archives, voliinic CI.XX\% pajje 296.

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Boston 4 May 1779
Gentlemen

I Have Dr Sir your Honors Order on the Board of War for one
Brass Field Piece with the Carriage & Materials thereunto belonging
for the Company of Matrosses in the Town of Newbury Port & your
Petitioner to be accountable for the same and am with Due Respect
Your Honors humble servant

Jon TiTCOMii, H. Ci.'
To the Honbie the Council of the Massachusetts State

RRSIDKNCE OK CRN. JONATHAN TITCOMB.

' |«innlhan, turn of |<»si:ili and Martha Titroinh, was Utrn in Ncwhiiry Scptciiiliur
12, 1727. He married Mary lK>le May 9, 1751. She died Septendier 6, 1774,
aged forty-three, and two years later he married Sarah Stedman. Jonathan and
Sarah (Stedman) Titcoml) had several children. Sarah, a dau^^hter, l>om Octolxrr
24, 1777, married Dr. Lawrence Sprague Decemlxir 13, 1804. She continued to
reside in Newhury]X)rt until her ileath, in July, 1816. Hannah Dummer, another
daughter, lx>rn in 1780, died April 13, 1786.

Jonathan Titcomb bought a lot of land, in 1 76 1, on the westerly side of Merri-
mack street, lx>unded on the nc»rthwest by land 1)elonging to Henjamin Krothing-
ham and afterwards to Timothy Dexter (Kssex Deeds, bcxik 112, leaf 1 14, lx)ok
147, leaf 33, b<x>k 160, leaf 123). On this lot of land, near the corner of
Merrimack and (ireen streets, Mr. Titcomb probably built the dwelling house now
standing there. Seventy- five or eighty years later the house was raised six or eight
feet alx)ve the street level and a brick basement added, as shown in the alx)ve
half-tone print.

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Two months later, the inhabitants of Newburyport were
busy arming and equipping vessels for the expedition to
Penobscot river.' Although disheartened by the disastrous
result of that ex|>editiony they responded promptly to the call
for more men to serve in the army in the vicinity of New
York. John Gushing, muster-master, reported, December 8,
1779, the following enlistments in Newburyport for nine
months* service in the Continental army : — *

Thomas Kliot, Henjamin Dresser,

Denjamin Hagley, Samuel Newman,

John Welch, Hugh Fclton,

Andrew Labenia, Cicero Haskell,

John MuUin.4, Isaac Johnson, 4th,

Thomas Wood, Thomas Beck,

Thomas Wood, jr, Samuel Ober,

Jamefi Kav;vn» Abraham Dodge,

William l^ollaiisbcei Joshua i'ettingell,

Nailian Ha»kcn^ John Thompson,

Willifim Noyes, jr., John Bostman.

Fii 1780, the foilowing-named |)crsons enlisted in Newbury-
port for six niouths : — '

At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Titcomb wan one nf the select-
men of Newburyport, and served for several years in that capacity. Octol er 24,
1775, he was appointed colonel of the Second regiment, composed of men from
Salisbury, Ameshury and Newburyport. In 1 776, he was authorized to raise and
muster into service two military companies for the defence of the sea-coast, and in
July, 1 778, he was appointed brigadier by the president and council of the province
of Massachusetts Itey, and served under General Sullivan in Rhode Island. From
1778 until 1783 he was a representative to the General Court, and was re-elected in
1786, Init resigned liefore completing his seventh term. He wns nnvnl officer in the
custom house at Newbury|mrt from 1 784 to 1 785 and from 1 787 to 1 789 inclusive.

He died March 10, 1817. Mis real and |>eninnal estate, not otherwise dis|X)scd
nf, was given l)y will to his widow, for her sole use and Ix^nelit during her natural
life, and, after her decease, to the children of his daughter, Sarah (Titcomb)
Sprague.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 590-595.

• Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XXXII, page 282.

' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XXV'II, page 7, and
volume IVy pages 180 and 181.

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Jonathan Beck,
Thomas Beck,
Moses George,
Stephen Smith,
Josiah Meloon,
Jeremiah Smith,
Daniel Gale,
Kzckiel Stems,
Eliphalet Galley,
James Norris,
Jonathan Galley,
Galeb Fogg,
George Saunders,
Samuel Dudley,
Moses George (?),
Moses Titcomb,
William Murray,
David Collier,
Jeremiah Spencer,
Jonathan Prescott,

Samuel Cram,
Jonathan Sayward,
John Woodbury,
Michael Pike,
Ebenezer Haines,
Knoch Foot,
Benjamin^ Woodbury,
James Woodbury,
Samuel Webber,
Oliver Richards,
Nathaniel Hunt,
James Smith,
John Mann,
John Parker Wilson,
Nathan Chapman,
Cicero Haskell,
Oxford Task (?),
Leonard Cotton,
Isaac Pinkham,
John Stone.

In the enlistment of men under the resolve adopted by the
General Court December 2, 1 780, the following-named per-
sons were credited to Newburyport : — •

Robert McKnight,
John Davis,
Jonathan Sayward,
Samuel Allen Andrews,
James Cord (?),
John Webber,
David Downing,
Benjamin Galley,
James Hodgkins,

James Hamilton,
Peter Spamins (?),
John Donovan,
David Colbar,
Prince Tracy,
David Holt,
Benjamin Cotton,
David Downing,
James Kervins.

In Capt. Joshua French's company, in Lieut.-col. Enoch
Putnam's regiment of three months men, raised under a re-
solve adopted June 30, 1781, by the General Court, to rein-

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force the Continental army, the following-named persons were
from Newbury port : — '

Joshua Davis,

i«t Lieutenant.

Josiah Colnim, i

TimoUiy Rolfc,

i»« Sergeant.

Paul McPharson,

Simon Noyes,

2nd ((

William McFarland,

John Stevens,

3rd »»

James McFariand,

Humphrey Nichols

,4th

William Malloon,

Annis Merrill,

!•• Corporal.

Benjamin Davis,

James Jackson,

2nd M

John Cartels,

William Pecker,

3rd ««

William Tapley,

Jesse Spoffortl,

Fifer.

Benjamin Mulliken,

John Simson,

Private.

John Dow,

Adam Simson,

John Butler,

Simeon Chase,

John Murry,

William Perry,

Amos Kemp,

Stephen Carlton,

George Poor,

John Furgerson,

Benjamin Bishop,

Jacob Marsh,

Isaac Frothingham,

James Furgerson,

jcHse ,

David Hale,

'»

Edward Tenney,

Samuel Parker,

Private.

The following-named officers and men from Newburyport
were in sei-vice in Rhode Island from July to Deceml)er, 1781,
in the company of Capt. John Robinson of lioxford, in the
r^ment under the command of Col. William Turner : — *

Daniel Cariton, Sergeant. Joseph Mitchell, Private.

Samuel Berker, Corporal. Jonathan Greenough, **

John Riley, Private. Edward Milliken, ««

After the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown, October
19, 1 78 1, no further efforts were made to secure enlistments,

* Maaiachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Kollii), volume XIX, page 43.

* Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume III, page 115.

For a full and complete list, arranged in alphabetical order, of the men who en-
listed in the army from 1775 to 1785, the reader is referred to "'ITie Soldiera and
Sailoni of the Revolutionary War,** puhlislitMl in several volumes by order of the
(General Court.

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although the preliminary treaty of peace was not agreed
upon at Paris until November 30, 1782.

On the seventeenth of March, 1783, a committee was ap-
pointed by the Massachusetts senate, then in session at the
old state house in Boston, to prepare a letter to be signed by
the president of the senate and speaker of the house of rei>-
resentatives and sent to the commander-in-chief of the Amer-
ican army. No further reference to this letter has been
found in the court records, but General Washington's reply
reads as follows : — '

To Saml Adams, President of the Senate, & Tkistkam Dalton,
Speaker of the Geni Assenobly of Mass.

Head Quarters 29th March 1783.
Gentlemen,

1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your joint letter of
the 1 8th instant. Happy, inexpres.sihly happy, in the certain intelligence
of a general Peace, which was concluded on the 2o»i» January, 1 feel
an additional pleasure in reflecting that this glorious event will prove a
sure means to dispel the fears expressed hy your Commonwealth for
their North Eastern Boundary ; That Territory heing by the Treaty se-
cured to the United States, in its full extent.

1 have to thank you for doing me the justice to believe that my atten-
tion to all parts of the United States is extended in proportion to the
magnitude of the object, and that no partial considerations have any in-
fluence on my conduct. You will permit me, Gentlemen, on this occa-
sion, to express my warmest congratulations to you, to the Senate and
Representatives of your Commonwealth, and thro* them to all its good
citizens, whose prompt exertions in the general cause have contributed
largely towards the attainment of that great Prize for which the United
States have so long and successfully contended. 1 am, &c.

G. Washington.

March 25, 1783, the inhabitants of Boston voted to cele-
brate the anniversary of the Declaration of American Inde-

* Manachuiettt Archives, volume CCIV, pages 342-343; Spark's Collection of
Washington's Letters (Harvard University library), 65, volume 4, page 75; Life of
Samuel Adams (William V. Wells), volume III, page 174. Tristram Dalton, one
of the representatives from Newburyport, was speaker of the house in 1783.

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pendence on the fourth of July annually/ and the General
Court passed the following resolution July 2, 1783: —

Resolved that the Legislature preceded by the Governor the Lieuten-
ant Governor and the Council of the State, if his Excellency and their
honors shall see cause to attend, will on f riday next at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, that day being the Anniversary of the Independence of the
United States of America, repair to some suitable place for public wor-
ship and there in a solemn and public manner render thanks to Almighty
God for his great and unmerited mercy to these States in supporting
them through a dangerous, long and expensive war, in raising them to
rank amimg the nntions of the Kurth, in CKlnbliKhing them as an imtc-
pendent Republic, in finally bestowing on them the long wished for
blessing of a cessation of hostilities, and in affording them reason to
hope that they will speedily receive a definite treaty of Peace. And also
to implore the divine benediction on the Government and public con-
cerns of these States. And the Governor and Council are requested to
order such preparation in the Senate Chamber, at twelve o'clock on that
day, as hath been usual on such occasions, and that the Governor would
direct such demonstrations of joy, by the discharge of Cannon &c., as
he shall think proper.*

A few days later, the following letter, signed by Samuel
Adams, president of the senate, and Tristram Dalton, speaker
of the house of representatives, was sent to General Wash-
ington congratulating him on the return of jxiace ; —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

Boston, July 10, 1783.
Sir,

The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General Court assembled take this opportunity of con-
gratulating you on the happy return of Peace. Your Kxcellency we
are assured will join with us in the warmest Expression of Gratitude to
the Supreme Ruler of the Universe under whose Influence and Direc-
tion the Struggles of a Virtuous and free People have terminated in a
Revolution which excites the admiration of the world. Guided by His
all wise Providence your country early fixed her eyes upon you ; and

' llistcMy o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 429.

* Maasachuflctts Archives (Court Kecorda), volume XLV, pages 74 and 75.

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confiding in those eminent qualities which you possessed appointed you
to the command of her armies.

The Wisdom of your Conduct in the discharge of that important
Trust has given a compleat Sanction to the Appointment and crowned
the most heightened Expectations. In every Stage of the arduous Con-
flict what trying scenes have you not passed through ! What Hardships
have you not endured ! What dangers have you not encountered ! May
Heaven reward your unremitted Exertions ! May you long live, beloved
by a grateful Country & partaking largely in the Enjoyment of those in-
estimable Blessings which you have been so eminently instrumental in
securing for us. While Patriots shall not cease to applaud that sacred
attachment which you have constantly manifested to the Rights of Citi-
zens, too often violated by men in arms, your military virtues and achieve-
ments will be deeply recorded in the breasts of your Country-men and
their Posterity, and make the brightest Page in the History of Mankind.
We are with every sentiment of Respect & Esteem,

In the name & behalf of the General Court,

Your Excellency's most obedient & very humb« serv^,

S. Adams, PresuU of the Senate.

Tristram Dalton, Spk of the House of Reps,
To His Excelly Gen Washington.'

The Federal constitution, pro|X)se(l by the convention that
assembled in Philadelphia in 1787, was accepted by the state
of Massachusetts on the sixth of February, 1788. The event
was celebrated in Newburyport by the firing of cannon, the
ringing of bells and other public expressions of joy. Confi-
dence in the stability of the government was strengthened,
and the claims of the revolutionary soldiers were no longer
considered valueless.

Rev. Manasseh Cutler of Hamilton, Mass., having organ-
ized a company for the settlement of the town of Marietta, at
the mouth of the Muskingum river, in Ohio, Edward Harris
of Newburyport became interested in the company, and was
evidently a shareholder as early as March, 1788.* The fol-
lowing advertisement, published in the Essex Gazette on the

' Massachusetts Archives (Court Records), volume XLV, page 92.
' Life of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, volume I, pages 384 ami 385.

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nineteenth of that month, indicates that he was actively en-
gaged in promoting the interests of the company and in buy-
ing Continental securities for cash : —

Bounty Lands.

Any Officers or Soldiers who are intilled to Bounty Lands for their
Services in the late Continental Army may hear of a method by which
they may speedily realize their interest if they inquire of Edmund Harris
of this town.

Said Harris

Will ^ive Hani Money

for a few

Continental Paper

Securities.

Newburyport, March 19, 1788.

Although fifty years of age, Edward Harris removed with
his family to Ohio in 1789, and afterwards to Kentucky. He
was ix>stma.stcr from July 1, 1797, to <)ctol)cr i, 1802, in the
town of Washington, county of Mason, Kentucky, and died
there April 6, 1825.'

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, July 4, 1826, the Newburyport Artillery company, with
other military and charitable organizations, escorted through
the principal streets of the town the following-named officers
and soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary war : — *

> Edward Harris and his Ancestors, a pamphlet, by William Preston Johnston,
pages 5 and 6; The Johnstons of Salisbury, by William Preston Johnston, pages 55-60.

Abigail, daughter of Edward Harris, married Dr. John Johnston of Washing-
ton, Kentucky, in 1794. Albert Sidney Johnston, a distinguished general in the
Oinfe<lcnitc army, wIk) was killed nt the Imttle of Shil(»li April 6, 1862, was the
youngest son of Dr. John and Abigail (Harris) Johnston. His oldest son, Wil-
liam Preston Johnston, was aide-de-camp, with the rank of colonel, on the staff of
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, and was captured with him,
in Georgia, at the close of the war. lie was confined for several months in Fort
I>elaware. After his release he was president of the State university in Louisiana,
and subsequently president of the Tulane university in New Orleans. lie died at
Lexington, Virginia, July 16, 1899.

* Newburyport Herald, July 11, 1826.

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Edward Wigglesworth,
Daniel Foster,
Amos Pearson ,
Benjamin Gould,
Lemuel Coffin,
IMiilip Johnson,
Abraham Dodge,
Thomas Lunt,
Richard Loring,
Richard Lovering,
John Libbey,
William W. Perry,
William Russ,
Edward Toppan,
Jonathan Woodman,
John Brett,
John Cook,
Philip Bagley,
Jeremiah Blanchard,
Samuel Shaw,
Moses Chase,
Isaiah llsley,
Elias Pike,
Gideon Woodwell,
Daniel Flanders,
Stephen Toppan,
William Huntington,
Amos Carleton,
Amos Norton,
Joseph Pike,
Richard Short,
Samuel Follansbee,
Jonathan Lambert,
Benjamin Poor,

Timothy Curtis,
Oliver Goodrich,
Timothy Gordon,
Nathaniel Pearson,
David l^earson,
Timolhy Poor,
Caleb Kimball,
Samuel Balch,
Benjamin Davis,
Aaron Rogers,
Joseph Floyd,
Nathaniel Howard,
Moses Short,
Joseph Stan wood,
Elias Cook,
John PalTord,
John Bootman,
David Dole,
Moses Somerby,
Joshua Pettingell,
Farnham How,
Jacob Fowler,
Samuel Eaton,
Moses Pike,
Jacob Currier,
Nathaniel Ladd,
Ezekiel Merrill,
Daniel Adams,
Nathaniel Beck,
Jacob Brown,
Joseph Mootrey,
Jacob Hodgkins,
Thomas Stan wood.

The following-named soldiers and sailors served in the army
or navy during the Revolutionary war and arc buried in
Newbury port.

In the Sawyer Ilill burying ground, on the road from
Storey avenue to the mill at the mouth of Artichoke river : —

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Col. Moses Little,
Joshua Little,
Henry Merrill,
Caleb Moody,

Samuel Bartlett,
Samuel Chase,
Nathaniel Emery.

In the Ikllcville cemetery, on Storey avenue : —

Amos Atkinson,
John Atkinson,
Daniel Flanders,
Timothy (jordon,
Jonathan Harris,

Famum Howe,
John Morgaridge,
John Moulton,
Nathan Merrill,
Jacob Merrill.

In St. Paul's churchyard : —

Daniel Foster,
John Tracy,

William Farris.

In Oak Hill cemetery : —

Edward Toppan.

In the Old Hill burying gmund :-

John Brett,
Offin Boardman, 3^1,
Moses Brown,
John Balch,
Ralph Cross,
Elias Cook,
Lemuel Coffin,
Thomas Cluston,
Caleb Haskell,
Charles Herbert,
Eleazer Johnson,
Anthony Knapp,
Jacob Knapp,
Michael Little,

Joseph McHard,
Aaron Pardee,
Benjamin Perkins,
Timothy Palmer,
Joshua Pillsbury,
Samuel Pillsbur}*,
Joseph Plummer,
Daniel Somerby,
Moses Somerby,
Enoch Titcomb,
Jonathan Titcomb,
Stephen Toppan,
John Tappan,
Joseph Whitmore.

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In the New Hill burying ground : —

Philip Bagley, William Knapp,

John Cook, George Norton,

Aaron Davis, William Perry,

Joseph Davis, Samuel Spring,

Abraham Dodge, Michael Titcomb,

Henjamin Gould, Jonathan Woodman.
Nehemiah Haskell,

In the burying ground on High street, near the head of
Marlborough street, in Newbury : —

Silas Adams, Amos Little,

Paul Adams, Samuel Mcwxly,

Moses Clark, John Moody,

Thomas Evans, John Noyes,

Enoch Hale, Amos Noyes,

Isaiah Ilsley, Henjamin Pettingell,

Joseph Ja()ues, Nathan Poor,

Parker Jaques, Moses Short,

James Knight, Andrew Slickney,

Paul Lunt, William Stickney,

Daniel Lunt, Amos Stickney,

Richard Lunt, Richard Smith,

Nathaniel Little, Wigglesworth Toppan,

Nathaniel Little, jr., Gideon Woodwell.

NKWI»IFI<VI»<>KT AKTII.I.I'.KV <!C)MI'ANV.

October 24, 1775, the heavy artillery guns owned by the
town of Newburyix)rt were placed in charge of Capt. Thomas
Thomas, Capt. Joshua Titcomb, Capt. William Coombs, Capt.
David Coates, Capt. William Friend, and Capt. Michael
Hodge, who were authorized to enlist eight men for each
of the large guns, and six men for the smaller ones.' Soon
after that date the Newburyport Artillery company was prob-
ably organized. Thomas Thomas was chosen captain, David

* History o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 562.

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Coates, captain-lieutenant, Michael Hodge, first lieutenant,
and Samuel Newhall, second lieutenant. In 1778, the com-
pany served for two months in Col. Jonathan Titcomb\s rai-
ment under (icncral Sullivan in Rhode Island.'

In 1785, Michael I lodge was chosen captain, and in 1786
all the military companies in Newburyport were supplied
"with drums, fifes and collours at the expense of the Town."'
March 20, 1787, a si^ecial committee was appointed at an
adjourned town mccling to consider what action, if any,
should be taken in rej-ard to the eleventh article in the
warrant, which read as follows : —

To see if the Town will give Cap* Michael Hotlge, commander of the
Company of Artillery belonging to this Town, liberty to erect a gim
house on the Town's Kind near the Rev. Mr. Cary's meetinghouse, or on
any other lot of land belonging to the Town, suitable for the reception
of the Artillery pieces and stores &c belonging to said artillery, and
whether they will give their consent that the materials of the present Gun
house should be taken and appropriated for the building of a new one.3

Rev. Mr. Gary's meeting-house was then standing in the
centre of what is now known as Market square. The com-
mittee appointed to consider the petition for a new gun house,
rcix)rted, on the second day of April, in favor of erecting a
building suitable for that purjMise ** in the middle ship yard,"
near the place afterward selected as the site of the market
house. ^ No definite action, however, was taken until March
18, 1788, when the town voted to grant the petitioners leave
to erect a gun house *' on Land adjoining Frog pond for the
purpose of housing the state artillery,*' and the selectmen
were desirctl ** to look out the place."* The building was
probably erected during the following summer at the south-
easterly end of the jwnd, where it remained for nearly a century.

' History of NcwlHir)'|x>rt (Currier), volume 1, pages 585-587.

• Newburyport 'I own Records, volume I, |)agc 454.
' Newbury|x>rt 'I'own Records, volume I, page 476.
*• NewUiryport 'I'own Rea>rds, volume I, page 483.

• Ncw1niry|M»rt 'I'own Records, volume I, |)age 509.

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The Federal salute, which announced the arrival of Wash-
ington in Newburyport, in 1789, was fired by the artillery
company, and the various political and patriotic associations
that passed through the principal streets of the town, on that
occasion, were escorted by the same military organization. At
a later date, when General La Fayette visited Newburyport,
the Artillery company and the Washington Light Infantry
had the honor of escorting the distinguished soldier from the
town of Newbury to the Tracy house on State street, New-
buryport.

The name of the artillery company was changed to the
"Washington Light Guard*' August 5, 1844, and on the
twenty-third of September following the company, arrayed in
new uniform, armed and equipped with smooth-bore muskets
and new field pieces, celebrated the event by a grand
military parade. At the laying of the comer-stone of the
town hall, July 4, 1850, the Washington Light Guard escort-
ed the selectmen, orator of the day, fire deixirtmcnt, trades-
men, and masonic organizations to the corner of Greun and
Pleasant streets, where an appropriate address was delivered
by Hon. Caleb Gushing.

March 4, 1852, the name of the company was again
changed to the Gushing Guard, in honor of Caleb Gushing,
then mayor of the city of Newburyport, which name it re-
tained until the organization was dissolved, in March, 1902,
although for several years previous lo that date it was olTicial-
ly known as Gompany A, Eighth regiment, M. V. M.*

THE GUN HOUSE.

The land at the southeasterly end of Frog jwnd, on which
the gun house was erected in 1788, was owned by the town

^ For additional (acts and details see History of Newl>ury)X)rt (Gushing), pages
72 and 73; Newburyport Herald, June 25 and July 9, 1858; liistorical Sketch by
Hon. David L. Withington, published in the Herald October 22, 1875; ^" ^*^'
dress by Hon. Eben K. Stone, delivered before the officers antl menil^ers of the
Veteran Artillery Association, published in thejierald May 17, 1877.

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of NewbiiryiKirt, but the labor and materials used in the con-
struction of the building were paid for by the members of the
artillery company. In 1836, the company conveyed all its
right, title and interest in the property to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. Ihe question of leasing the land to the
state was considcreil at a town meeting held on the twenty-
eighth of March. The twentieth article in the warrant for
that meeting read as follows : —

To .sec if Ihcy will lease or j^ninl llic use of the land where the Gun
House now stands lo llic Stale <»r to any person in behalf of the SUtc
for the accommodation of said house, and on what terms.'

This article was referred to the selectmen, who subsajuent-
ly rejwrted in favor of granting the free use of the land for
the purix)se named.

In 1842, additional nx)m was needed for the better accom-
m(Klation of the artillery comi>any, and on the twenty-eighth
of March the town voted to appropriate the simi of one hun-
(Iral dollars " for the purjiose of fitting up an armory for said
company and also to pay the rent of said armory.'**

After the annexation of a j^rt of the town of Newbury to
Newburyport, and the adoption of the city charter, the city
council voted, Dcccml)cr 5, 1853, to give a bond to the state
" for the safe keeping of the cannon now in the |x)ssession of
the Gushing Guards," and also voted to purchase the gun
house, " provided the state will sell the same for a sum not
exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars."

Ten or fifteen years later the cannon were returned to the
cjuarlcrmaslcr-gencral of the commonwcaltli, and in 1882 the
gun house was removed to land adjoining the Old Ilill bury-
ing ground, near the junction of Auburn, Low and Pond
streets.

The half-tone print on the next page is from a photo-

' Ncwhiiry|Kirt 'I'nwn Hccnrjh, vciiiinic III, pnjjc 346.
• Newlniryport 'rown Reconls, volume III, page 124.

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graph tukcn in 1S90. 'I'hc ^\\\\ lioiisc at thai dale was used
as a storehouse. It remained in the possession of I he city of
Newburyport until July 27, 1907, when it was sold at auction,
removed to a vacant lot on the northwesterly side of Daven-
port hill, and converted into a dwelling house.

wasiiin(;t<)N i.k;ht ini'antky.

On the fifteenth of April, in the year 1800, the Washing-
ton Light Infantry was organized in Newburyport, and
promptly equipped for military ser\'ice. Abraham Perkins
was chosen captain, Charles Jackson, lieutenant, and Nicholas
Tracy, ensign.

The company made its first public appearance on the twen-
ty-fourth of July following, and was heartily applauded as it
marched through the principal streets of the town.* It was

• Newburyport Herald, July 25, 1800.

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Stationed at Plum island to defend the fortifications erected
there during the war of 1 8 1 2, and escorted President Monroe
from Bartlet mall to the tavern on State street, when he vis-
ited Newbury[X)rt in July, 181 7. In the month of August
following, the regiment to which this company was attached
was disbanded, but in January, 1818, the company was reor-
ganized, and on the eighteenth of April elected Charles II.
lialch, captain, Eleazer Johnson, jr., lieutenant, and Philip
Johnson, jr., ensign. *

In 1824, the Ncwbury|x>rt Artillery and Washington Light
Infantry escorted LaFayctte from the town of Newbury to
the Tracy house, on State street, in Newburyport, and on the
fourth of July, 1826, both companies united in celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of American independence.

At the burial of Col. Edward Wigglesworth, December 12,
1826, the right of the artillery company to lead the proces-
sion was disputed by the Washington Light Infantry. A
bitter controversy followed, which was continued for several
weeks in the newspapers of the day.' In March, 1834, the
officers of the last-named comixmy resigned, and the company
was disbanded.^

VETERAN ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.

On the fourth of July, 1854, the seventy-eighth anniversary
of American Indej^endcnce was celebrated in Newburyport
with unusual pomp and ceremony. A procession, com-
posed of tradesmen, members of the fire department, delega-
tions and organizations from Bangor, Portsmouth, Boston,
New York, and other cities and towns, was escortal through
the principal streets by the Cushing (juard, Jabez L. Pearson,
captain, and fifty or sixty ex-members of the old Newbury-

' Newburyport Herald, April 21, 1818.

* Newburyport Herald, Deccmlier 15 and 17, 1826, and January, 1827.
' History oC Ncwbiiry|K)rt (Cushing), pages 73 and 74; History of Newbury-
port (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), |>ages 288 and 289.

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port Artillery company, under the command of Maj. Ebenezer
Bradbury.

In the month of October following the Veteran Artillery
Association was formed. Hon. Ebenezer Bradbury was
chosen captain, and John Burrill, first lieutenant. On the
third of November the association made its first appearance
in public, under the command of Lieutenant Burrill (Captain
Bradbury being detained at home by illness), and attracted
much attention. It was active and vigorous for twenty-five
or thirty years, participating in many military parades. It
still retains its name and organization, but in recent years has
not met for military exercise or drill.

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CHAinER XXI.

LODGES, BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, CORPORATIONS, LITERARY,
MUSICAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS.

July 17, 1766, the Right Worshipful Jeremy Gridley, esq.,
•* provincial Grand Master of the Ancient and Honorable So-
ciety of Free and Accepted Masons in North America,*'
granted a charter for, and apix>inted Stephen Hooper master
of, St. John's lodge in Newburyport.

Nathaniel Tracy, John Tracy, Stephen Hooper, Michael
Hodge, Capt. Moses Brown, Bulkeley Emerson, Rufus King,
Edward Wigglesworth, William Moreland, Rev. Edward liass,
Ur. John B. Swett and others prominent in mercantile or
professional life were interested in the organization of this
lodge and contributed liberally to its support.

The records of the lodge previous to 1781 have been lost
or destroyed, but the following notices published in the Essex
Journal and Merrimack Packet indicate that Stephen Ilooixjr
retained the office of master until the beginning of the Revo-
lutionary war.

Masons are notified that the Right Worshipful Stephen Hooper, Esq.
intends to celebrate the feast of St. John, the Evangelist, on Tuesday,
the 27th of December, at Mason's Hall, in Newburyport.

All brethren are desired to attend at eleven o'clock A. M.

Bulkeley Emekson, sec.

Dinner precisely at two o'clock.*

* Easex Journal ami Merrimack Packet, December 21, 1774 (IJoston Athenae-
um). Freemason's hall was in 'I'emple street, and is now a dwelling house (or two
families.

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The Brethren of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and
Accepted Masons are hereby notified that the Right Worshipful, Stephen
Hooper, Esquire, Master of St. John's Lodge in Newbury Port, intends
to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist on the 27»i» of Decem-
ber Instant at Mesfrs. Davenport's at the sign of General Wolf.

All the Brethren are desired to meet at Mason's Hall at 1 1 o'clock
A. M. on said day. By order of the Master and Wardens.

I U 1 1 . K K 1 . 1'. V !•'. M I'.K so N , Set y .

N. B. The Table will be Furnished precisely at two o'clock.'

Newburyport [Monday] Dec. 18, 1786.
Notice is hereby given to the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free
and Accepted Masons that the Feast of St. John the Evangelist will be
celebrated at Mr. Davenport's by the master, wardens and Brethren of
St. John's Lodge on Wednesday next. Dinner to be on the table at two
o'clock. Tickets at four shillings each to be had of

Samuel Cutler, Secreiaty.

N. B. The Brethren of the Lodge are desired to give their attendance
at the Lodge Room at nine o'clock, and visiting Brethren at half past
ten, in order to attend service at St. l^aul's Church.*

During the anti-masonic excitement in 1830, St. John's
Lodge surrendered its charter. It was, however, reorganized
in 1853, and is now in a flourishing condition.

ST. Peter's lodge.

At a meeting of the Grand lodge of the province of Mas.sa-
chusclls Hay held in lioston March 6, 1772, a charier was
granted St. Peter's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in
Newburyport, and two or three weeks later the lodge was
organized. The following notice appeared in the columns of
the E.ssex Gazette March 31, 1772 : — ^

1 Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, Deccmlier 15, 1775 (lioston Athcnjv-
um). Anthony and Moses Davenixirt were proprietors of the Wolfe tavern, then
standing on the corner of State street and Threadneedle alley.

' Essex Journal and New IIam|)shire Packet, December 20, 17S6 (Antiquarian
Society, Worcester).

* Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

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We hear the most worshipful Joseph Warren, Esq., Grand Master of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in New England, has granted a
charter for the Erection of a new Lodge at Newbury Port by the name
of St. Peter's Lodge. A number of respectable masons there having
petitioned for the same.

The upper chambers of a dwelling house on Temple street
were leased and occupied as a lodge room, with the members
of St. John's lodge as joint tenants. December 12, 1776,
the following notice was published in the Es.sex Journal and
New JJunip.shirc Packet:---'

The Brethren of the most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and
Accepted Masons are hereby notified that the Right Worshipful William
Greenough, master of St. Peter's Lodge in Newburyport, intends to
Celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist on the 27th of December
next at the Merrimack Coffee House in Newbury.
By order of the Master and Wardens,

John Pettingell, Secretary,
Newbury Port, Dec. 11, 5776.
N. B. Dinner precisely at 2 o'clock.

In 1792, the meetings of St. Peter's lodge were held in
r(K)ms provided for that pur|>osc on Queen, now Market, street.
At ten o'clock on the morning of the twenty-fifth of June of
that year the members assembled in the lodge room to cele-
brate the festival of St. John the Baptist, and after a brief
preliminary service, proceeded to St. Paul's church, where
prayers were read by Rev. Edward Bass, and an address, ap-
propriate to the occasion, delivered by Rev. Robert Fowle.
Similar .services held on several subsequent occasions were
announced in the newsi)apers of the day, as follows : —

Festival of St. John. The Worshipful Master, Wardens and brethren
of St. Peter's l-odge intend celebrating the Feast of St. John the Baptist
on Tuesday, the 24th current, at the house of Mr. Jeptha Spaldjng, on

* American Anticiuartan Society, Worcester, Mass.

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Deer Island. All worthy masons are requested to attend with their
clothing and Jewels.

By order of the Worshipful Master and Wardens.

George J. Oshornk, Secy,

%♦ Dinner on the Table at two o'clock P. M.»

The Festival of St. John the Baptist will be celebrated on Monday
[June 25, 1 79^5] by St. Peter's Lodge. At eleven o'clock a procession
will proceed from Union Hall on Green street to St. Paul's Church,
where prayers will be read and an oration delivered. Dinner to be served
at two o'clock at the Hall on Deer Island.

A. Perkins, Secretary,*

[June 24, 1803.] The Brethren of St. Peter's and St. John's lodges
will celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist this day. Kt. Kcv. Bishop
Bass will officiate at the religious service, and an address by Brother
John Park will be delivered at Rev. Mr. Andrews meeting-house. Breth-
ren will meet at Mason's Hall on Green street at 9.30 A. M. Dinner
will be on the table at Deer Island Bridge at 2 o'clock P. M.3

February 7, 1820, Jonathan Gage, Joshua Grecnieaf, Ste-
phen Howard, Jacob Perkins, Eleazer Johnson, Enoch Plumcr
and other members of the lodge were incorporated by the
name of "The Trustees of Saint Peter's Charity Fund in
Newbury port," for the purpose of holding real and personal
estate and applying the income thereof to acts of charity and
benevolence, " and for no other use whatever.**-*

Jidy 28, 1820, Joshua Grccnlcaf conveyed to the trustees
of St. Peter*s Charity Fund, land on Green street, with the

* Morning Star, June 17, 1794. The proprietors of the Essex- Merrimack bridge
purchased Deer island in 1792, and erected a toll house ami tavern there. Jeptha
Spalding was lamlkutl until Septemher i, 1794.

' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, June 22, 1798. Union hall was
probably built in 1797 on the southeasterly side of Cireen street, near Merrimack
street. In 1802, Washington hall was built on land owned by Jormthan CJagc,
near Union hall. Subsequently, both halls were connected and afterwards converted
into tenement houses, Nos. 7,9, 11 and 13 Green street.

» Newburyport Herald, June 24, 1803.

« Acts and Resolves, 1819-1820, chai>ter 102.

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buildings thereon, ** formerly owned by Joseph O'Brien and
others," and sold by the United States government July 24,
1820, for the payment of the direct tax for the year 18 16.'
On the same date, an adjoining lot, " bounded in part by
land of the proprietors of Union Hall," was conveyed to the
trustees by Jonathan Gage, Joshua Greenleaf and Thomas
Somerby. On this land Washington hall was erected. March
30, 1829, the trustees of St. Peter's Charity Fund sold the
land, with the buildings thereon, to Jonathan Gage, Eleazer
Johnson, William Davis, John Holliday, Joseph George and
Jacob W. Pierce.'

In 1830, St. Peter's lodge surrendered its charter, and has
not been in active operation since that date.

ST. mark's lodge.

September 12, 1803, the Grand Lodge of the State of Mas-
sachusetts granted a charter to St. Mark's lodge of Newbury-
ix)rt. The first meeting of the lodge for organization was
held in Washington hall, on the southeasterly side of Green
street, near Merrimack street, on the twenty-seventh of Sep-
tember following. The officers of the lodge were installed
with appropriate ceremonies by the officers of the Grand lodge
July 1 1, 1804.3

In 1825, Phenix hall was leased and fitted up as a lodge
room for St. Mark's and St. John's lodges. In 1 862, both
lodges removed to Washington hall, on the corner of State
and Essex streets. In 1898, St. Mark's lodge returned to
Phenix hall, where it still meets to instruct its members in the
work and duties of masonry.

SqHcnibcr 28, 1903, the centennial anniversary of the lodge
was celebrated by public exercises in the meeting-house of the
First Religious society, on Pleasant street, where Rev. Oliver

' Essex Deeds, book 225, leaC 136.

• Essex Deeds, book 250, leaC 301.

• Newburyport Herald, July 13, 1804.

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A. Roberts delivered an interesting historical address, which
was published in the newspapers of the day. The exercises
closed with a banquet at City hall, followed by brief speeches
from distinguished guests.

KING CYRUS CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS.

In 1790, H. Duplessis, a Frenchman residing in Newbury-
port, with Jonathan Boardman, Jonathan Gage, Dr. John 11
Swett and a few other prominent citizens of the town, formed
an association called King Cyrus Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons.

The Grand chapter for the New England states was organ-
ized in 1798, and for several years after that date held its an-
nual meetings alternately in Boston and Newburyport. A
charter authorizing King Cyrus chapter to confer the degrees
of a Royal Arch Mason on candidates applying for the same
was granted September 17, 1799, by the Grand chapter, and
continued in force until the anti-masonry excitement in 1830,
when it was surrendered.* The charter was revived, however,
in 1854, and since that date King Cyrus chapter has been in
active operation, and is still strong and vigorous.

NEWBURYPORT COMMANDERY OF KNIC.HTS TEMPF.ARS.

In 1795, Dr. John B. Swett, Dudley A. Tyng, Jonathan
Gage, Joshua Greenleaf, Nathaniel Knapp, William Wyerand
Samuel Cutler formed the Newburyport Encampment of
Knights Templars. At a later date, Abraham Perkins, Sam-

* Rev. William Bentley, in his diary, volume 11, page 320, under the date of
October 14, 1799, says: —

•* I left Sniem for Newbury l*c»rt & found the Royal Arch in Chapter according
to pnmiiHC. At their Invitation I visiled them ^c received the degrees of Makk
MAhTKK, Past Mastkr, Kxcbi.i-knt Mastkr & Royal Arch Mason. 'ITiere was
an elegant supper after the Ceremonies & I passed the evening with the High
Priest, after having visited Capt. Noyes, Capt. Knap, Kev'd Mr. Cary, iilount,
&c."

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uel Mulliken, Charles Jackson, Jacob Perkins, William Woart,
Edward Dorr and others were associated with them in confer-
ring the degrees of the Red Cross and Knights Templars. The
first commander, Dr. John B. Swctt, was clectctl in 1795 ;
the second, Nathaniel Knapp, jr., in 1800.' A diploma,
stating that Hamilton Moore had received the degrees of the
Templar order, signed by John W Swett, Dudley A. Tyng,
Jonathan Gage, Stephen Howard and Benjamin Perkins, Feb-
ruary 16, 1796, has been carefully preserved, and now hangs
in the armory of the Sir Knights.

The Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhotle
Island was not organized until 1806. In answer to a i)Ctition
of the Sir Knights of Newburyix)rt, •* stating that they have
heretofore assembled together as was the custom of Knights
previously to the establishment of the Grand Encampment,
and exercised the privilege of forming and opening an occa-
sional council . . they therefore pray for a Charter of
Recognition extending and confirming unto them the rights
and privileges of a regularly constituted encampment,'* a
charter was granted May 19, 1808, and Nathaniel Knapp,
jr., was appointed commander. In 1869, the name Newbury-
port Encampment was changed to Newburyport Commandery
of Knights Templars.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD I'EIJ.OWS*

March 7, 1844, Eben S. Stearns, George Emory, John
Poole, S. K. Gilman, C. A. Somerby and others organized in
Newburyport the Quascacunquen Lodge, No. 39. Meetings,
were held in Phenix hall, on State street, until June, 1850^
and afterward in Union hall, on Hale's court. This last-
named hall was dedicated July 28, 1850, Eben S. Stearns
delivering the dedicatory address.

' Rev. William Bentley of Salem, in his diary, under the date of April 28, 1800,
•a)Ti: —

** I went to NewUiry. My object was of the <lej»ree« of Ke<l Cross iS: Tcmpiars..
I spent an evening agreeably with Mr. Carey h Imlged at his House.'*

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In June, 1853, a hall on the third floor of the Merchants
Bank building, corner of State and Charter streets, after-
Ward known as Odd Fellows' hall, was leased and occupied
as a lodge room. It was thoroughly re-fitted and re-furnished
in 1872. Thirty years later, when additional room was
needed, the armory on Merrimack street was purchased,* re-
nuKlclcd, and dedicated I^'chruary 17, 1905, with appropriate

exercises.

Philip K. Hills, esq., one
of the charter members of
the Quascacunquen lodge,
was much interested in its
organization and develop-
ment, holding the office of
treasurer in 1844, "^^^ ^Iso
that of Noble Grand. In
1S45, he w;is elected repre-
sentative to the Right
Worthy (Irand Lodg(» of
Massachusetts; in 1847,
District Deputy Grand
Master; in 1851, (irand
Warden of the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts and (irand
Representative to the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States of America ; and,
in 1859, Grand Master of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts. He took an active part in the meetings of
the local, as well as the state and national lodges, and favored
the adoption of measures that ultimately led to the organization
of the supplementary and auxiliary orders known as the
Lncampment and the Daughters of Rebekah. He was
elected scribe at the first meeting of the Merrimack Encamp-

* I'ssi'x Deeds, lM>()k i7rio, pajjc igo.

nill II' K. MM I.S.

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ment, No. 7, and subsequently held the office of Chief
Patriarch. In 1846, he represented the lodge in the Grand
Encampment of Massachusetts ; in 1850, he was Grand Patri-
arch of the Grand Encampment; and in 1856, Grand Repre-
sentative to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United
States of America. At the time of his death he was one of
the trustees having charge of the financial affairs of Merri-
mack Encampment, No. 7.'

The Quascacunquen lodge has two funds, one a general
fund for the assistance of members injured by accident or ill
with disease, and the other a fund for the assistance of widows
and children of deceased members.*

Merrimack Encampment, No. 7, was chartered F'ebruary
fifth, and organized February 14, 1845.

United Rebekah Lodge, No. 13, was organized April 25,
1870; charter surrendered March 10, 1884; and reorganized
December 4, 1893.

Canton Harmony, No. 47, Patriarchs Militant, organized in
1880, is composed of members from the Merrimack Encamp-
ment of Newburyport and the Harmony Encampment of
Amesbury, Mass.

* Philip Knapp Hilb, son of Joshua and Lydia Hills, was bom in Newburyport
May 6, 1820. He married Mary P. Gerrish September 3, 1846, and was lor
several years an officer in the custom house, and afterwards bookkeeper in the Mer-
chants Bank. From 1851 to 1855, ^^ ^^ ^ member of the common council of
the city of Newburyport and alderman from 1856 to 1858 inclusive; Director of
the Public library from 1856 to 1869; and mend>er of the school committee from
1874 to ^^77 inclusive. Jn 1855, he was elected secretary, and in 188 1, treas-
urer of the Institution for Savings in Newburyport and Vicinity. Owing to im-
paired eyesight he was obliged to resign the last-named office in 1893. During the
Isst three or four years of his life he was totally blind. lie bore his affliction with
characteristic courage and cheerfulness, and died August 15, 1901, leaving a
widow, two sons and three daughters.

* The above sketch has been compiled from an abstract of the records of Quas-
cacunquen lodge pre|iare<l l)y William II. Welch, P. C. P., and Samuel J. Ford,
P. C. P.

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NEWBURYPORT MARINE SOCIETY.

In the dwelling house on Bartlett's lane, now Winter street,
owned and occupied by Capt. Benjamin Rogers, the Marine
Society of Newburyport was organized November $, 1772
Rooms were afterward engaged at Wolfe tavern, and meetings
were held there as often as once a month for many years. The
society was incorporated October 13, 1777. It still continues
its charitable work with a membership materially reduced (by
the decline in American commerce) since the close of the Civil
war.'

THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY.

At a meeting held at the court house in Newburyport on
the tenth of August, 1802, a society was formed for the pur-
pose of rewarding acts of valor and heroism and aiding mar-
iners cast ashore on Plum island. At an adjourned meeting,
held in the month of September, the following-named officers
were elected : —

Micajah Sawyer, M. D., President.

Dudley A. Tyng, esq., Vice-president.

Ebenezer Stocker, esq., Treasurer.

Nathaniel Bradstreet. M. D., Corresponding secretary.

William Woart, Recording secretary.

* "OuUI Newbiiry **: Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 586-592;
History of the Marine Society of Newburyport, published in 1906.

I'he statement that the first meeting of the society was held in the nsley house
is evidently incorrect. In 1772, Benjamin Colman owned and occupied that
house. It is still standing on High street, near the head of Marllmrough street, in
the town of Newbury. See ** OuUl Newlniry:** Historical and Biographical
Sketches, page 192.

Benjamin Rogers, mariner, bought of Tristram Dalton, April 12, 1770, a dwel-
ling house on Bartlett's lane, and sold it to Joseph Ingersol April 11, 1778 (Essex
Deeds, book 128, leaf 167; and book 136, leaf 52).

The shipmasters who organized the Marine Society ** met together at the house
of Capt. Benjamin Rogers in Newburyport," and not in the house then occupied
by Benjamin Colman in Newbury.

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Kt. Kev. Edward Bass,
Rev. Thomas Cary,
Dr. Nathaniel Saltonstall,
Or. Samuel Nye,
William Coombs, esq.,
Rev. Isaac Smith,
Nicholas Johnson, esq.,
Rev. Daniel Dana,
Rev. Samuel Spring,
Rev. John Andrews,

Ncwburyport,

Haverhill,
Salisbury,
Ncwburyport,
Newbury (By field),
Ncwburyport,

> Trustees.

Oil the sixth of September, 1803, the annual meeting was
held in Washington hall on Green street. After the election
of officers and transaction of other business, the members
of the society attended divine service in St. Paul's church,
where Bishop Bass delivered a sermon appropriate to the
occasion, and a collection was taken in aid of the funds of the
society*

March 7, 1804, *• Micajah Sawyer, M. !>., Dudley A. Tyng
and IClx^nezer Stoc:kcr, ICsc|r.s., Dr. Nathaniel liradstreet,
William Woart, Rev. Thomas Cary, Rev. Samuel Spring,
Rev. John Andrews, Rev. Daniel Dana, and Rev.
Isaac Smith, William Coombs and Nicholas Johnson,
Es(|rs., Dr. Nathaniel Saltonstall, Dr. Samuel Nye, and Rev.
Joseph Dana, D. D., with their associates,** were incorixirated
by the name of The Merrimack Humane Society, and au-
thorized to make such rules and adopt such measures as were
considered necessary ** for the recovery of persons who meet
with such accidents as produce in them the appearance of
death, and for promoting the cause of humanity by pursuing
such means, from time to time, cis shall have for their object
the preservation of human life and the alleviation of its mis-
eries.*"

Three small houses were erected at convenient places on

' Bishop Ban died .September 10, 1803. His place on the board of trustees was
Bllctl by the election of Kev. Joseph Dana, D. D., of Ipswich.
' Special Acts of the (Icneral Court of Massachusetts, 1803-1804.

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Plum island for the shelter of shipwrecked seamen, and col-
ored lights and signals were placed in the hands of the keeper
of the lighthouses to be used in case of need. Grappling
irons for the recovery of bodies and inflaters and electrical
machines to restore respiration and circulation to persons
nearly suffocated by fire or water were distributed along
the river front from the foot of Federal street to what
is now the foot of Ashland street. Many persons
who risked their lives to save others were presented with
medals and other testimonials of value by the society.'

William Plummer, a lad about nine years of age, son of
Paul Plummer of Newbury, fell July 13, 18 12, from a raft
into the Merrimack river, near the wharf owned by William
Coombs, esq., who discovered him in the water struggling to
reach the shore. Throwing off his hat and wig, Mr. Coombs
leaped from the wharf, caught the child in his arms and
saved him. At a meeting of the Humane society, held on
the twenty-ninth of July following, a special committee, ap-
jwintcd by the society, rci:M»rtcd the facts substantially as
stated aljove, closing their re|>ort as follows : —

Your committee are happy in stating to the Trustees that this distin-
guished act of humanity has fallen to the lot of their late worthy Vice
President, William Coombs, Esq., at the advanced age of seventy-six
years ; and they participate in the high satisfaction he must have exper-
ienced when the lad whom his heroic exertion had rescued from prema-
ture death, as .soon as he had placed him on the raft in .safety, threw his
arms around his aged benefactor's neck, and exclaimed, " O, sir I you
have saved my life I *'

The society voted to award to Mr. Coombs a gold medal,
its highest mark of honor, and a committee was api)ointed to
carry the vote into effect.* The realistic design of the

. ' May 31, 1804, the Merrimack Humane Society paid K. Moulton for making,
and J. Akin for engraving, a medal presented Captain Gage for his humane exer-
tions in saving the lives of two hundred persons from the wreck of the ship Sarah.
* William Coombs, esq., was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Newburyport,
interested in public affairs, and for several years representative to the General
Court, lie die<l Kriday evening, May 27, 1814, aged seventy-eight.

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medal is shown in the half-tone print, reproduced on this
page from an old photograph.

In 1816, the society contril)-
uted the sum of two thousand
dollars to the fund raised in
lk)ston and elsewhere for the
Massachusetts General Hos-
pital for the Insane. Since
that date, many silver medals
and other testimonials of vahic
have been i>resented to per-
sons who have been instru-
mental in saving human life,
or alleviating suffering, in the
vicinity of Newburyport.

The society still maintains its organization. The officers
for the year 1909 are as follows : —

Thomas C. Simpson,
Henry B. Little,
William R. Johnson,
Lawrence U. Gushing,
William llsley,

President.

Vice-president.

Treasurer.

Secretary.

Auditor.

THE NEWBURYPORT FEMALE CHARITABL.E SOCIETY.

June 8, 1803, a society was organized for the purpose of
instructing, employing, and maintaining female orphan chil-
dren in Newbury|v)rt. Engi-avcd certificates of membership
were issued, signed by I lannah lialch, directress, and Mary
Woart, secretary.

These certificates were probably engraved by James Akin,
who came to Newburyport in 1804. The half-tone print on
the next page is taken from a certificate printed on white silk,
now in the Newburyport Public library. Another certificate,
printed on fine linen paper, with the name of Mrs. Lucy

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""•vJ^A-'A^f^fi J},Ufhl/U UMk.'tt Mar the Itndmr thcuyht.

As^iAjM.yC iA^ 2^^^n?^ec^&^m ^indi^nr orphans.

MfAkin /UntisbiM taeb wmher ^ifb a i^cimetl

^htrmhiliiUt in, t/m Omhkie Ai*.€fnhtMnatU t^ At inttikiHen.

CKRTIFICATK OF THK FRMAI.B CIIARITAHI.K SOCIKTY.

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Kimball in the place of Mrs. Sally Swectser, is in the posses-
sion of the E^sex Institute, Salem, Mass.

March 15, 1805, the society was incorporated by the name
of The Newburyj3ort Female Charitable Society.' The
officers at that date were as follows : —

Hannah Ualch, First directress.

Sarah Thompson, Second directress.

Margaret Atwood, Treasurer.

Hannah Hartlett, Secretary.

Anne Norton, *]

Dorcas Noyes, jr.,
Mary Gage,
Elizabeth E. Carter,
Susanna Coffin,
Elizabeth Jenkins,

Rebecca Marquand,

Managers.

For nearly twenty years after its organization the society
contributed weekly a certain sum for the care and support
of female orphan children. April 8, 1822, a house on
Federal street, near High street, was leased, a superintendent
employed, and a home provided for the beneficiaries of the
society.* In 1829, a more commodious house on the easterly
side of Roberts street, near Lime street, was purchased, and
the children removed there.' The funds of the society, how-
ever, were insufficient to meet the annual expenses, and the
house was leased, the furniture sold, and the home discontin-
ued in 1845, but the society still continues to provide food,
clothing and comfortable homes in private hoii.scs, for female
orphan children needing assistance.

1 Acts and Resolves, 1804-1805, chapter 108.

* On Sundays, the children, clothed in garments of the same color and shape,
followed their superintendent in solemn pnjcession to the Old South meeting-
house, where a large |>ew in the gallery was reserved f<»r their S|)ccial use.

' Eoex Deeds, lNM>k 252, leaf 171.

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THE NEWBURYPORT MECHANICK ASSOCIATION.

In 1 807, Robert Merrill was secretary of an association or-
ganized for the purpose of assisting mechanics and establish-
ing industrial enterprises. Paul Merrill was assistant secre-
tary in 1809.'

On the fifth of March, 1810, Thcophilus Hradbury "and
all others who have associated or may hereafter associate with
him " were incorporated by the name of the Newburyport
Mechanick Association, for the purix)se of relieving the
sufferings and distress of unfortunate mechanics and their
families, promoting inventions and improvements in the in-
dustrial world, granting premiums for such inventions and
improvements, and assisting young mechanics with loans of
money.*

This association was subsequently re-organized, and some
changes made in its rules and regulations. A new charter
was granted by the General Court March 29, 1837, and Ikn-
jamin Gunnison, John S. IDodgc j|nd Joseph Couch, "their
associates and successors," were incorporated by the name of
the Newburyport and Newbury Mechanic Association, for the
purpose of promoting moral and mental culture.*

How long the association cx)ntinued its work is unknown,
but it evidently ceased to exist previous to 1850.

THE MERRIMACK lUIJLE SOCIETY.

January 17, 18 10, a society for the distribution of the Bible
among the poor and destitute was organized in Newburyport,
and February 27, 18 10, William Coombs, esq., Rev. Samuel
Spring, Rev. John Andrews, Rev. Daniel Dana, Rev. Charles
W. Milton, Rev. James Morss, Rev. James Miltimore, Rev.

* Newburyport Herald, October 27, 1807, and April 21, 1809.

* Acts and Resolves, 1809- 1810, chapter 97.

* Acts and Resolves, 1837, chapter loi.

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John S. Popkin, William Bartlet, esq., Capt. Thomas M.
Clark, Daniel A. White, esq., John Pearson, esq., Capt.
Stephen Holland, Richard Pike, esq., and William Woart,
esq., "together with those who have associated or may
hereafter associate with them for the purpose aforesaid,*'
were incorporated by the name of The Merrimack Bible
Society."

For nearly a century the society has maintained its
organization. The officers for the year ending 1908 were as
follows : —

Horace C. Hovey, i*resident. ,

Alexander Dixon, Secretary.
Frank O. Woods, Treasurer.

WA.SIIINGTON IIENEVOLKNT SOCIETY.

In 1812, the A.ssociatcd Disciples of Washinj^ton organized
for the purpose of commemorating the life, character and
public service of the first president of the United States.

July 4, 1812, the society celebrated the -thirty-sixth anni-
versary of American independence by a procession through
the principal streets of the town and the delivery of an ora-
tion in the meeting-house of the First Religious Society, on
Pleasant street, by Stephen Hooper, esq.

On the second of September following, the by-laws of the
association were amended, and the name, Washington Benevo-
lent Society, adopted.

John Pierpont, esq., a young lawyer, residing in Newbury-
port, read a poem before the members of the society October
27, 18 1 2, entitled "The Patriot," which was afterward pub-
lished in pamphlet form.

Washington's birthday, F'ebruary 22, 1813, was celebrated
by a procession and the delivery of an oration in the Pleasant

'Acts and Keaolvcs, 1809-10, chapter 64; ami Newburyport Herald, January
20, 1810.

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Street meeting-house by Ebenezer Moseley, esq. The officers
of the society at that date were as follows : —

William B. Bannister, President.

Isaac Stone, Vice-president.

John R. Hudson, Recording secretary.

Samuel L. Knapp, Corresponding secretary.

Edmund Bartlet, Treasurer.

On the twenty-sixth of October following, Stephen Hooper,
esq., delivered an oration in Town hall before the members of
the society; and February 22, 18 14, he gave an eloquent ad-
dress on the life and character of Washington in the Plea.sant
street meeting-house.

February 22, 1815, the society celebrated the birthday of
Washington and the ratification of the treaty of peace between
the United States and Great Britain by a public procession
and an address appropriate to the occasion by Stephen
Hooper, esq.

At a meeting held in Town hall February 22, 18 16, the
following-named officers were elected : —

Col. Ebenezer Moseley, President.

Hon. Stephen Hooper, Corresponding secretary.

Mr. George Titcomb, Recording secretary.

Capt. Edmund Bartlet, Treasurer.

Several months later it was considered advisable to disband
the society and organize a new one on a firm financial basis
for charitable and benevolent work only.

THE NEWBURYPORT HOWARD BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

February 13, 1818, Thomas M. Clark was chosen presi-
dent, and Jeremiah P. Toppan, secretary, of a society organ-
ized for charitable purposes. At an adjourned meeting held
three days later, Richard Bartlett was elected treasurer.

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February 15, 18 19, Thomas M. Clark, John Pearson, Henry
Merritt, Richard Bartlett and Samuel Tcnney, " their associ-
ates and successors," were incorporated by the name of The
Ncwburyport Howard Benevolent Society, for the purpose of
relieving suffering occasioned by poverty or illness.'

For many years collections in aid of the funds of the society
were taken up as often as once in twelve months in every
church in Newburyport, and a small annual tax was assessed
on members. Donations and bequests have been received
from time to time as follows : —

From Moses Brown, previous to 1825,

|ioo 00

Bequest of Moses Brown (will proved in 1827),

1,000 00

" " Hannah Jones of Newbury, cash,'

150 00

" " «« «• house and land,

145 00

«» «« Edward Rand, 1830,

200 00

" " Mrs. Benjamin Balch,

100 00

" " Justin Smith,

200 00

" " Sarah Peitingell, 1837,

100 00

" " Nancy Emery, 1 849,

50 00

" James K. Whipple,

50 00

" « B. B. Titcomb, 1857,

400 00

«* «« S. S. Plumer, .

200 00

" " James Caldwell, ,

50 00

Donation from Mrs. John Muzzey, Portland, 1873

200 00

« «« Mrs. Collins,

500 00

•* •« Miss Anna Jaques, 1876,

10,000 00

Bequest of Rev. William Horton, 1880,

4.897 30

« «« John Osgood, 1880, .

50 00

" <« Joseph A. Frothingham, 1880,

100 00

" Charles R. Merrill, 1881, .

100 00

" William Ashby, 1881,

50 00

" " Richard W. Drown, 1889,

2,000 00

" " Lucy J. Muzzey, 1892,

2,000 00

" « Eliza A. Hart, 1893,

100 00

" " Annie M. Pike, 1893, cash,

3,000 00

> Acts and Resolves, 1818-9, chapter 77.

* Miss Jones was a singlewoman. By her will, dated October 26, 1 819, and
proved June 30, 1829, she gave to the Howard Benevolent Society the rest and
residue of her |>roperty alter the (Kiyment of all just debts.

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Bequest of Annie M. Pike, 1 893, house and land,

" " Rev. William O. Moseley, 1895,

« " Mary L. Buntin, 1895, ....

4« <« Adeline Brookings, 1901, .

" " Charles H. Coffin, 1 901, for the purchase of fuel

" ** Atkinson Stan wood, 1905,

«« " Dorcas Tredick, 1907, ....

6,000 00
3,000 00
1,000 00
1,858 75
832 00
100 00
2,000 00

At the close of the year 1907, the invested funds of the
society amounted to nearly forty thousand dollars, not includ-
ing the bequest of ten thousand dollars from the late John R.
Spring of San Francisco, Cal., which had not been received
from the executor of his will.

SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED FEMALES.

May 26, 1825, the second centennial anniversary of the
settlement of Newbury was celebrated in Newburyport. On
the evening of that day a tea party was held in Town hall.
At the close of the entertainment a small balance received
from the sale of tickets remained uncxix:ndcd, and was made
the nucleus of a fund for the relief of aged females.

The following notice appeared in the columns of the New-
buryport Herald June 30, 1835 : —

SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED FEMALES.

The ladies who have signed the subscription paper for the above pur-
pose, and all (hose ladicK in Newburyport ami vicinity who arc favtirable
to the forming of so benevolent and useful an institution, are requested
to meet at Miss Brock way's school room, at the comer of High and
Green streets, for organization, to-morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock.

Rules and regulations were adopted, officers elected, and a
small tax levied upon each member of the society. Each
month during the first year packages of tea, coffee, sugar and
other needed supplies were given to thirty aged women.

For many years the resources of the society were exceed-
ingly limited. Its invested funds, however, were substantially

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increased by the bequest of William Gordon, who was born
in Tonsburg, Norway, June 12, 1790, and died in Newbury-
port March 31, 1839. He provided, in his will, that the rest
and residue of his estate, after the payment of certain just
debts, should be funded and the income collected and paid
annually to the Society for the Relief of Aged Females, or,
in case that society should cease to exist, to the officers of the
Howard Benevolent Society ; he also provided that a platform

Ol.l) I.ADIKS' IIOMK.

of brick of suitable size in other res|>ects, but of about one
foot in height from the ground, be built over his grave,
** that said platform be plastered over, and that a suitable flat
stone be pro|X5rly placed and fastened upon said platform."
He was buried in the Old Hill burying ground near the junc-
tion of Greenleaf and Auburn streets.

In order to hold real and personal estate for charitable pur-
|X)ses, " Maria J. Brockway, Anne C. Knight and Augusta J.

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Smith, their associates and successors," were incorix)rated on
the tenth of April, 1839, by the name of The Newburyport
Society for the Relief of Aged Females.*

The income of the society was gradually increased by con-
tributions from various sources and by the sale of useful and
fancy articles at annual May-day festivals. In 1840, fifty
cents a month was allowed each beneficiary. This allowance
has been increased to two dollars a month at the present
time, with an additional sum when needed for medicine or
clothing.

In 1855, the subject of establishing a home for old ladies,
to be under the supervision of a special committee appointed
for that purpose, was carefully considered, but no definite
action was taken until July i, 1866, when a brick dwelling
house, No. 18 Olive street, was purchased. Active efforts
were made to raise the sum needed to repair, furnish and
maintain the home. It was dedicated with appropriate ser-
vices June 12, 1872, and remained under the care and control
of a committee of twenty-four ladies until it was sold in
December, 1892.

Mrs. Martha G. Wheelwright, widow of William Wheel-
wright, gave to the society at her decease, August 30, 1888,
house No. 75 High street, now known as the Old Ladies'
Home. This house, built in 1798 probably, was purchased
by William Wheelwright in 1841,' and sul)sc(|ucntly occupied
by his mother and sisters. After his decease, it became
the property of his widow, Martha G. Wheelwright, and of
his daughter, Maria Augusta (Wheelwright) Krell. Some
alterations and improvements in the rear of the house have
been made recently, but otherwise it remains unchanged, as
shown in the half-tone print on the preceding page.

' Acts and Resolves, 1839, chapter 153. Subsequent acts, authorizing the society
to hold additional real and personal estate were passed by the General Court in 1859
and 1876.

• **Ould Newbury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 654 and 658.

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In addition to the above-described house and land, the so-
ciety has an invested fund of nearly one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, — seventy thousand for the support of the
home, and fifty thousand for the relief of aged females not
otherwise provided for.

NEWBURYPORT SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED MEN.

In July, 1886, Eliphalet Griffin, Albert W. Greenleaf, Law-

OU) MRN'S IIOMB.

rence B. Gushing and others signed articles of agreement for
the purpose of organizing a society which, on Ihc twentieth of
November following, was incorporated by the name of the
Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men.

In 1890, the society received from Eliphalet Griffin the net
proceeds of a lawn party held at his residence in September
of that year, and several hundred dollars from a similar gath-
ering in July; 1891. He also purchased and gave to the
society a lot of land in the vicinity of the "Three Roads,'* so

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called, and in 1896 built at his own expense the foundation
for a brick building, which was completed two or three years
later by a vote of the trustees. Mr. Griffin died July IQ,
1899.

For the lack of available funds, the home remained unfur-
nished and unoccupied until March, 1902, when the trustees
voted to furnish the dining room, office and four chambers.
The work was completed in season to admit four aged men to
the home on the fourteenth of April following. Since that
date, other rooms have been furnished, and the number of in-
mates has been increased to seven at the present time.

A photographic view of the building is reproduced in the
half-tone print on the preceding page.

The estimated value of the land and building is thirteen
thousand dollars. The society has, also, an invested fund of
over fifty thousand dollars.

NEWBURYPORT BETHEL SOCIETY.

In November, 1836, the l^^emale Bethel Society of New-,
buryport was organized for the purpose of providing for thei
temporal and spiritual improvement of seamen, and co-oper-j
ating with the American Seamen's Friend Society in its char-i
itable and philanthropic work.' In 1843, and for ten or fifteen;
years after that date, this society was known as the "Ladies'
J^othel Society,*'^ but no authority for the change of name has
been discovered. In October, 1857, articles of agreement and
association were filed with the register of deeds at Salem,
Mass., incorporating Helen Tracy, Julia li. Spaulding, Sophia
Ann Follansbee, Mary P. Graves, Hannah II. Jones, Abbie
F. Pike, M. J. Brown, " their associates and successors," by

• 'I'he American Seamen's Kriend Society was prolmbly organized as early as
1830. At the annual meeting held in the vestry of the North Congregational
church January 24, 1833, Capt. John Wills was elected president of the society.

* See advertisements of annual meetings published in the Newburyport Herald
in NovendKjr, 1845, and later; an<l Newbury|X)rt directories, 1851 to 1858.

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the name of the Newburyport Ladies Bethel Society.' This
act of incorporation was evidently not acceptable to a major-
ity of the members, and a few of them, dissatisfied with the
proceedings, formed a new society and maintained a separate
organization for more than twenty years, under articles of
agreement filed in October, 1857.

The constitution of the Female Bethel Society, organized
in 1836, was amended at a meeting held June 17, 1858, and
a copy of the revised constitution was filed with the register
of deeds December 11, 1860/ In 1867, the name of the
Female Bethel Society of Newburyport was changed by an
act of the General Court to the Newburyport Bethel Society,
which name it still retains.'

GENERAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY OF NEWBURYPORT.

In February, 1850, a society was organized by a few
ladies for the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffer-
ing of the i)(K)r residing in Newbury|)ort. With a small in-
come, derived from an annual tax on each member and occa-
sional donations of money and clothing from friends of the
society, the work of providing for the sick and destitute was
carried on systematically and assiduously until June 4, 1856,
when Mary E. Dimmick, Margaret H. Andrews, Sarah J.
Spalding and Mary C. Balch, ** their associates and succes-
sors,'* were incorporated by the name of the General Charita-
ble Society of Newburyport, " for the purpose of taking, hold-
ing, investing and distributing such funds as they now have
or as may hereafter be given them for the charitable and be-
nevolent objects of their association/*'*

Articles of agreement and a code of by-laws were prepared,
signed by members of the society and filed with the register

* Essex Deeds, book 559, leaf 250.

• Essex Deeds, IkkjU 616, leaf 99.

• Acts ami Resolves, 1867, chapter 186.

* Acts and Resolves, 1856, chapter 281,

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of deeds in Salem, February 26, 1859. Donations and be-
quests amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars have been
given to the society from time to time, as follows : —

In 1857, from the estate of Nathaniel Smith, .

*< 1876, from Miss Anna Jaques, ....

" 1882, from Mrs. Sarah W. Hale, ....

" 1883, from the estate of Miss Sarah A. Green,

*' 1890, from the estate of Richard W. Drown,

" 1895, from the estate of Rev. William O. Moseley,

" 1896, from the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boardman,

" 1901, from the estate of Miss Ann G. Toppan,

;^ 1,850 00

5,000

2,000

1,850

2,000

3,000

500

9,000

125,200

ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.

March 4, 1883, Miss Anna Jaques of Newbury gave to Dr.
Francis A. Howe and William II. Swascy certain bonds, with
premium and accrued interest, valued at twenty-nine thousand
dollars, for the purpose of establishing a hospital in Newbury-
port. Land on the corner of Broad and Monroe streets was
purchased, with the three-story dwelling house thereon.

March 20, 1884, the Anna Jaques Hospital Association was
incorporated, and the dwelling house, repaired and remodeled,
was opened for the admission of ^xitients on the seventh of
May following.

June 28, 1904, new buildings, especially designed for hos-
pital work, erected on Highland avenue, were dedicated with
appropriate exercises, and since that date have been occupied
and used for the purposes for which they were built by friends
of the association.' The old hospital on the corner of Broad
and Monroe streets was sold in 1906, and is now a private
residence.

> History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 241-245.

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NEWBURYPORT HOMEOEPATHIC HOSPITAL.

June 15, 1893, Albert Currier, George W. Worcester,
Charles F. Johnson, David Foss and others were incorpo-
rated, under chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Public
Statutes, by the name of the Ncwburyjwrt IIonicei>athic Hos-
pital, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining one or
more buildings for the use and care of persons suffering from
injury or disease. Subscribers to the articles of agreement
met for organization on the first day of July following.

l^uid on High street, op|K)silc Woixlland street, with the
buildings thereon, belonging to the estate of Capt. Charles
Lunt, was conveyed to the corporation March 30, 1903. The
hospital was dedicated, with appropriate services, and opened
to the public May 28, 1906. For further details see annual
reports published by the trustees of the hospital.

NKWnURYPORT YOUNCJ MRN*S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

In the sax)nd story of the brick building on the south-
westerly corner of State and Essex streets an association was
organized in 1876 for the moral and spiritual improvement of
young men residing within the limits of Newburyport. In
that building meetings were held for two or three years, and
afterward in rooms under Essex hall, on the opposite corner
of State and Essex streets. In 1880, the association removed
to the corner of Pleasant street and Hale's court. It was in-
corporated under the general laws of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts September i, 1884, by the name of the New-
buryport Young Men's Christian Association, and in 1888 a
lot of land on the northeasterly corner of State and Harris
streets was purchased.' A convenient and commodious build-
ing was erected thereon and presented to the association April
17, 1 89 1, by the family of the late George H. Corliss of
Providence, R. I.*

' Essex Deeds, book 1224, pages 405 and 406.

• Ilislory ol Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 247 and 248.

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The association has no invested funds, being dependent
upon membership fees and voluntary subscriptions for its
support. It receives a large contribution annually from Mrs.
Corliss and smaller sums from others interested in the work
of the association.

THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

At a meeting held in the vestry of the North Congrega-
tional church October 5, 1883, the Women's Christian Asso-
ciation was formed for the purpose of finding employment for
young women and girls, and providing them with board and
lodging at reasonable rates. In the month of November
following, by-laws were adopted, rooms at No. 62 State, cor-
ner of Pleasant street engaged and an employment bureau
and sewing school established. Subsequently, teachers were
provided for classes in cooking and general housekeeping.

In February, 1890, the society was inc()rix)rated, under the
general laws of the commonwealth, by the name of The
Young Women's Christian Association of Newburyix)rt, and
three months later a dwelling house on Market street, former-
ly owned and occupied by Joseph A. Frothingham, with the
land under and adjoining the same, was purchased for the use
of the association and converted into a home and lodging
house for young women. Inmates of the home pay a small
sum weekly for room rent and board, but the total amount re-
ceived is much less than the annual expenditure. The associ-
ation is dependent upon the contributions of friends to make up
this annual deficit, having a fund of a few hundred dollars only
in addition to the amount invested in the house and land that
it owns and occupies.

NEWBURVPORT WOOLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

January 29, 1 794, Benjamin Greenleaf, Philip Aubin, Wil-
liam Bartlet, Richard Bartlet, Offin Boardman, jr., Moses
Brown, David Coffin, William Coombs, John Coombs, Mark

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Fitz, Abel Greenleaf,' John Greenleaf, Andrew Frothingham,
Michael Hodge, Nicholas Johnson, Nathaniel Knapp, Peter
Le Breton, Joseph Moulton, Theophilus Parsons, Ebenezer
Wheelwright, Edward Wigglesworth and others were incor-
porated by the name of ** The Proprietors of the Newbury-
|)ort W(>olcn Manufactory.**'

The company purchased about six acres of land, with a
water privilege on the Parker river, in Byfield parish, New-
bury, and erected a factory there, which was supplied with
suitable machinery made by the Schoficld Brothers and by
Messrs. Guppy &^ Armstrong in Newburyi)ort. It is said
that the company was the first one incorporated for the man-
ufacture of woolen goods in the United States.' The broad-
cloths, cassimeres, serges and blankets made there were sold
by William Bartlet at his store in Newburyport. The busi-
ness, however, was not financially successful, and Mr. Bartlet
bought out the dissatisfied stockhoklcrs in 1803. Next year,
he sold the pro^xirty to John Lees, an Englishman, who con-
verted it into a factory for the manufacture of cotton cloth.

NEWBURYPORT HOSIERY COMPANY.

February 22, 1825, Edward S. Rand, Thomas M. Clark,
Dudley A. Tyng, Moses Atkinson, Edward Rand, John
Wills, jr., and Ebenezer Moselcy, their associates and succes-
sors, were incorporated by the name of the Newburyport
Hosiery Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton,
woolen and silk stockings by machinery in Newburyport.^

Land was purchased and a factory erected on the easterly
side of Pleasant street, opiK>sitc Brown square. The busi-
ness, however, proved to be unremunerative, and the proi>erty
was sold to John Brickett, Charles Butler, Ebenezer Brad-
bury, John O. W. Brown, William Kimball, Nathan F^oUans-

' AcUiancI Kfrsnlvcfl, 1794, chnpter 27.

• lliftlory of Ncwl)ury (Ciirrier), pn^vR 293-295.

-* Acts Olid Kewilves 1824-5, chapter 88.

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bee, John Dodge, jr., Moocly Pearson, William Davis, jr., and
others, who were incorix)rated February 13, 1829, by the
name of The Newburyport Hosiery Manufacturing Com-
pany, for the purpose of manufacturing hosiery and every
description of ** warp frame work.*'*

Five years later, the machinery and manufactured goods on
hand were sold at auction, and the company was dissolved.*

NEWBURYPORT SILK COMPANV.

,M^rch 25, 1836, Hector Coffin, William ^^artlet and John
Porter, *» their associates and successors,'/ were made a cor-
poration, by the name of the Newburyport Silk Company, for
/ the purpose of stimulating and developing the culture and
I manufacture of silk in all its branches in^the towns of New-
buryport, Newbury and West Newbury. *

In the month of May following, the state of Massachusetts

offered a bounty of one dollar for every ten pounds of cocoons

produced by silk worms in the state, and one dollar for every

|X)und of silk produced from these cocoons.

I Mulberry trees were planted in favorable localities in the

• towns named above, and the raising of silk worms was carried

. on to a limited extent, but sudden changes in temperature and

; heavy rain storns^s during the summer months interfered vHth

' the development of the cocoons, and the industry, proving

; unprofitable,, was abandoned two or three years later.

NEWBURYPORT STEAM COTTON COMPANY.

In 183s, a factory for the manufacture of cotton cloth was
erected near the foot of Strong street, " on the wharf next
above the Newburyport bridge." The building was one hundred
and thirteen feet long, forty feet wide and three stories high,

with a steam engine of forty-horse power to drive thr<^ thous-

1 Acts and Resolves, 182^9, chapter 50. »-

* Advertisement in Newburyport Herald, April 15, 1834.
' Acts and lUsoIves, 1836, chapter 70.

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and spindles.' It was completed and ready to commence
operations early in the spring of 1836.

On the eleventh of March, Enoch S. Williams, Samuel T.
DeFord and Richard Stone, their associates and successors,
were incorporated by the name oi The Newburyport Steam
Cotton Company, for the puqx)se of manufacturing cotton
cloth, with a capital not exceeding two hundred thousand dol-
lars.^ Stephen W. Marston was elected president, William
Balch, Tristram Coffin, jr., and R. Stone, directors, and
Isnoch .S. Williams, agcnt.^

In 1843, the property was sold and the company dissolved.

THE ESSEX STEAM MILLS.

February 5, 1844, James Read, George Gardner and Ed-
mund L. Lc Breton, their associates and successors, were in-
corporated by the name of The Essex Steam Mills, for the
purpose of manufacturing cotton cloth in Newburyport, with
a capital not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.^

They purchased the factory, built in 1835 by the Newbury-
port Steam Cotton Company, and continued the manufacture
of cotton cloth there from 1844 until March 6, 1856, when
the building was destroyed by fire.

THE WESSACUMCON, AFTERWARD BARTLET STEAM MILLS.

April 7, 1837, Richard S. Spofford, Samuel T. De Ford and
John Chickering were incorporated by the name of 'The
Wessacumcon Steam Mills, for the purjwse of manufa-Ctur-
ing cotlon cloth in Ncwbury|)ort.5 Land was purchased
on the corner of Pleasant and Inn streets, and a large brick

' Newburyport Herald, March 4, 1836.

• Acta and Keitolves, 1836, chapter 22.

• Newbury|X)rt Herald, March 4, 1836, and February 3, 1837. /

* Actx and Kcw>lvcfl, 1844, chapter 16. ^'

* Acts and Kenoives, 1837, chapter 121.

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KAK'll.RT STKAM MII.KS.

factory erected thereon. A bell, bearing the foUownig inscrip-
tions, was hung in the belfry tower : —

Del Monte Carmel Ora Pro Nobis
Ciriacvs Romans me fecit in Malaga Ano Dei 1723.'

In 1840, the capital stock of the company was increjised to
four hundred thousand dollars, another brick factory was
erected, anil the name of the corporation was changeil to the
Bartlet Steam Mills.* Both factories were destroyed by fire
March 18, 1881, and have not been rebuilt.

A photographic view, showing a i)art of the factory built in
'837, with the counting room adjoining, is reproduced in the
above half-tone print.

' Ncwl>uryport Herald, April 2.|, 1S38. Il is snid thai this bell was for many
years on a convent in Spain. A highly ornamented cross and ihe coal-of-arms of
a Roman bishop were cast on o|)|N)sile sides of the lieli, in addition to the
inscriptions (pioted alxjve.

* Acts and Resolves, i8^o, chapter 46.

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JAMES STEAM MILLS.

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January 28, 1842, Philip Johnson, Mark Symonds, Robert
Bayley and Charles T. James, *' their associates and succes-
sors," were incorporated by the name of the James Steam
Mills, for the manufacture of cotton cloth/ A four-story
brick factory was erected between Charles and Salem streets,
on land extending to Water street, and the capital stock of
the company increased from one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, in 1842, to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
1844. The comiKUiy was dissolvcil in May, 1869, and the
property subsequently conveyed to a new manufacturing com-
pany, incorporated in 1871 by the name of the Mascouomet
Mills.

' In 1876, the Masconomet Mills company was re-organized,
and under the name of Victoria Mills continued to manufacture
corset jeans, satteens and brown sheetings until 1897, when the
proi)erty was sold to the Vi(;t<>ria Mills CoriK)ration, and two
years later to the I'eabody Manufacturing Company. It is now
leased to the Warner Cotton Mills, manufacturers of cotton
yarn.

THE GLOBE STEAM MILLS.

March 22, 1845, Charles H. Coflin, Edward S. Lesley and
Albert Currier, their associates and successors, were incorix)-
rated by the name of The Clobe Steam Mills, for the pur-
pose of manufacturing cotton cloth in Newburyiwrt.* Land
was purchased on F*ederal street, extending to and including
land on the corner of Independent and Water streets, and a
four-story brick factory erected, in 1846. The capital stock
of the company was increased from two hundred thousand
dollars to three hundred and twenty thousand dollars early in
the spring of that year.^

> AcU and R«(olve«, 1842, chapter 3.
• Acts ami Rcsolvcn, 1845, chapter 184.
■* Acts and Rem>lvc8, 1846, chapter 59.

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In 1857, owing to the severe business depression and the
heavy financial loss resulting therefrom, it became necessary
to reduce the capital to two hundred thousand dollars, and in
1868 the company was re-organized and the name changed to
PcalxKly Mills. In [872, the capital was three hundred thou-
sand dollars, and in 1882 four hundred thousand dollars.

Mill No. 2, on the corner of IndeiKjndent and Water
streets, was built in 1881, and new boilers, engine and other
machinery purchased for mill No. i at about the same time.

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The Peabody Mills and Victoria Mills were sold to Seth A.
Borden and others of Fall River, Mass., in 1899, and by
them conveyed to the Peabody Manufacturing Company, who
still own the property, and have recently leased the Victoria
Mills to the Warner Cotton Mills, manufacturers of cotton
yarn ; while the Peabody Mills remain under the management
and control of the Pealx)dy Manufacturing Company, Leon-
tine Lincoln, president, Russell E. Briggs, treasurer.

The above half-tone print gives a view of the factory and
counting r(X)m on 1*\*deral street, built in 1846.

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THE OCEAN STEAM MILLS.

March 21, 1845, Benjamin Saunders, William C. Balchand
Edward S. Lesley, their associates and successors, were incor-
porated by the name of The Ocean Steam Mills, for the
manitfacture of cotton cloth.' The comj^any organized with
a capital of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, pur-
chased land on the comer of Kent and Monroe streets, and
built a four-story brick factory there. In 1 867, the capital
stock was increased to three hundred and sixty thousand dol-
lars, the factory enlarged and new machinery added. In
1871, the proj^erty was sold, and a new company, under the
name of the Ocean Mills, with three hundred thousand
dollars capital, continued to manufacture print cloth and sheet-
ings there until 1878, when the property again changed hands,
and a third company, called The Ocean Mills Company,
with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, was organ-
ized, and in 1880 mill number two was built. In i886, Seth
M. Milliken of New York and others associated with him
purchased the property, and were subsequently incorporated
by the name of the Whitefield Mills. The manufacture
of cotton cloth was continued until 1889, when the machinery
was sold and removed to a new factory erected in one of the
Southern states.

In 1894, Daniel S. Burley, John P. Stevens and William H.
Sargent, manufacturers of boots and shoes, under the firm-
name of Burley, Stevens & Co., leased and occupied mill
number one, and the Bay State Cordage Company, manufac-
turers of tarred cordage and binding twine, leased and occu-
pied mill number two*' In 1899, Mr. Sargent withdrew from
the firm of Burley, Stevens & Co., and in 1907 tlie Bay State
Cordage Company, having become involved in financial
difficulties, sold its machinery and retired from business.

* Acts and Resolves, 1845, chapter 175.

* For additional details see North End Pafiers, by Oliver B. Merrill, in the New-
buryport Daily News, S^ ptemlier 1, 1906.

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l^th mills are now owned and occupied by Burley & Stevens
in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

THE NEWBURYPORT GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.

April 4, 1850, John Porter, Thomas L. Randlett and John
Wood, " their associates and successors/' were incorporated
by the name of The Newburyix)rt Gas Company. The
first meeting of the stockholders for organization was held
June 17, 1 85 1. The erection of a suitable building and the
laying of pipes for the distribution of illuminating gas was
completed in 1852. The capital stock of the company at
that date was eighty thousand dollars.

In 1887, the Newburyport Electric Light and Power Com-
pany was incoqiorated, with a capital of fifty thousand dol-
lars, and commenced operations in a new frame-building,
erected for that purpose, near the police station, in the rear of
No. 4 Merrimack street. In 1890, the Newburyport Gas
Company and the Newburyport Electric Light and Power
Company were united and made one corporation by the name
of the Newburyport Gas and Electric Company, with a capi-
tal of one hundred and forty thousand dollars. In 1904, a
controlling interest in the stock of this company was pur-
chased by Sidney W. Winslow, Andrew W. Rogers and
others of Beverly, Mass. The machinery used to furnish
electric light and power was removed from the wooden build-
ing near the |x>licc station to a brick building, erected for that
purpose, at the gas works on Union street, and the capital
increased in 1906 to two hundred and eighty-five thousand
dollars.

MERRIMACK MARINE RAILWAY COMPANY.

April 22, 1869, Isaac H. Boardman, Charles M. Bayley,
David Hale, Isaac Hale and others were incorporated by the
name of the Merrimack Marine Railway (Company of New-
buryport, and authorized to construct a marine railway on

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Ring's island, in the town of Salisbury, opposite the city of
Newbury port.'

I^nd was purchased and a railway built during the follow-
ing summer.' \\\ 1873, the railway was sold to Joseph L.
Piper of Boston and Lemuel Marquand of Newburyport.' In
1876, Mr. Piper conveyed his interest in the property to Mr.
Marquand,^ who continued to build and repair vessels there
until 1903.5 It is now a receiving and distributing station of
the Standard Oil Company of New York.

FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.

An office for insuring ships and merchandise at sea was es-
tablished in Boston by Joseph Marion as early as 1 724. Poli-
cies, similar in form to those of English underwriters issued
at that date, were signed by merchants and men of property
who agreed to pay the sum .set against their names in case of
the total loss of the vessel or cargo insured.

In 1776, probably, the first insurance office was established
in Newburyport.^ William Moreland was the agent of the
Newburyport underwriters from 1782 to 1788.' Michael
Hodge was the secretary or agent of a similar organization
from 1787 to 1792, and perhaps longer.** Subsequently, other
insurance offices were opened in Newburyport under the
management of John Pearson, Henry Hudson, Samuel Cutler

1 Acts ami Resolves, 1869, chapter 184.
» Essex Deeds, book 770, leaf 181.
' Essex Deeds, book 890, leaf 59.
^ Vjwcx Deeds, Ixiok 964, leaf 192.
^ Essex Deeds, Ixmk 1715, i)age 383.

• Essex Journal and New llani|ishire Packet, July 12, 1776; History of New-
IxiryiKM-t (Cushing), page 92.

^William Moreland was born in Scotland in 1728. He married Anne Knight
of Newburyport December 4, 1770, and lived for several years in a house on the
southwesterly side of High street, between Olive and Boardman streets. She died
November 29, 1789; and he died June 30, 1818. Both were buried in St. Paul's
churchyard.

• See T. & J, Fleet's almanacs.

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and others. A policy found among the papers of the late
Hon. Jeremiah Nelson, now in the possession of the Histori-
cal Society of Old Newbury, reads in part as follows : —

On the cargo of the brigantine Ruby, from Newburyport to one or all
of the West India Islands and thence to port of discharge in the United
States, |2 500 at 5 per cent., ^^125 00

Zebedee Cook, underwriter,
James Kittell, *'

John Wills,

James Prince, . "

Ebenezer Wheelwright, "
Theophilus Bradbury, "
Joseph Knight, <*

Peter Herrick, "

Edward Toppan, "

200 00

1,000 00

200 00

300 00

100 00

112,500 00

September 19, 1797, office kept by Henry Hudson.

In 1815, John Porter, an insurance broker, had an office at
No. 14 Cornhill, on the northwesterly side of State street,
between Pleasant street and Threadneedle alley. In 1825, he
removed to the brick building, which was then just completed,
on the corner of Middle and State streets.'

THE NEWBURYPORT MARINE INSURANCE COMPANV.

June 18, 1799, William Hart let, his as.sociatcs and succes-
sors, were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport
Marine Insurance Company, and authorized to insure ships
and merchandise " or the life of any person or persons during
his or their absence by sea."*

The first meeting of the stockholders of the company was
held at the house of Mr. Moses Davenport, " Wolfe Tavern,"
on the seventeenth day of July for the election of officers.

> Newburyport Herald, February 12, 1815, and January 4, 182$.
* Acts and Reaolvet, 1 798-9, chapter 6.

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William Bartlet, William Coombs, Moses Brown, Ebenezer
Stocker, William P. Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, William Far-
ris, John Pettingell, Tristram Coffin, Joshua Carter, Jonathan
Gage and Richard Pike were chosen directors, and, subse-
quently, Ebenezer Stocker was chosen president, and William
Woart, secretary.'

In 18 1 7, the company was probably united with "The
Merrimack Insurance Company ;"* and, February, 2, 1832,
Edward S. Rand and Henry Frothingham were appointed
agents, or trustees, to re-insure outstanding risks, pay all
debts, close the office and dissolve the comi>any.J

THE MERRIMACK FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.

February 15, 1803, John Pearson, his associates and suc-
cessors, were incorporated by the name of The Merrimack
Marine and Fire Insurance Company, to make insurance on
vessels, freight, merchandise and money " and on the life of
any person during his absence by sea.*'^ Stockholders were
requested to meet at Union hall, on Green street, March 9,
1803, for the purpose of electing the first board of directors.*
Samuel Cutler, secretary, announced, on the eighteenth of
March following, that the company had organized with one
hundred thousand dollars capital, and was ready to take risks
on ships and cargoes.

In 1 8 14, Jeremiah Nelson, Stephen Howard and Samuel
Tenney were appointed a committee to close up the affairs of
the company and divide among the stockholders any balance '
remaining after the payment of outstanding bills. *

> Ncwburyport Herald and Country Gazette, July i8, 1799.

* Newburyport Herald, April 22, 1817.

* Acts and Resolves, 183 1 -2, chapter 20.
^ Acts and Resolves, 1802-3, chapter 70.

^ Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, March i, 1803.

* Newburyport Herald, August 2, 1814.

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THE UNION MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

February 27, 1807, Joseph Williams, John Ikilch, and other
citizens of Newburyport were incorporated by the name of
The Union Marine and Fire Insurance Company for the
term of twenty years, with a capital stock not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars.*

Stockholders were notified to meet in Union hall, on Green
street, Wednesday, April i, 1807, for the purpose of organ-
izing the company and electing a board of directors.* Joseph
Iklch, the first secretary, had an office **at No. i Green
street," where he had previously been engaged in the insur-
ance business.* William Woart was secretary in 181 1.

February 25, 181 5, the company was authorized to sell its
real and personal estate and appoint a committee to close up
its affairs and apportion the funds remaining after the pay-
ment of all demands against the company, according to the
number of shares held by them respectively .<

PHENIX MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

In 1809, James Prince, William Russel, Daniel Richards
and Joseph Williams of Newburyport, ** having formed them-
selves into a voluntary society or company by the name of the
Newburyport Phenix Marine and Fire Insurance Company for
the purpose of making insurance upon vessels, freight, money,
goods or effects," organized with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars and elected James I'rince, president, and
Benjamin Clanin, secretary.^

Land on the northwesterly side of State street was pur-
chased of John O'Brien, and a large brick building erected
and occupied by the company.^ An old engraving giving a

* Acts and Resolves, 1806-7, chapter 89.
^ Newburyport Herald, March 10, 1807.

* Newburyport Herald, May 6, 1806, and June 5, 1807.
^ Acts and Resolves, 1 814-5, chapter 124.

^ Newburyport Herald, August 14, 1810.

* Essex Deeds, book 186, leal 238.

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I'llRNIX INSIJRANCK COMPANY IIUII.DI NC.

view of this building, which was destroyed by the great fire
in i8n, is reproduced in the above half-tone i)rint.

Owing to heavy losses incurred by the fire, the company
was obliged to discontinue business, and settle with its cred-
itors. In i8 1 2, a dividend of seventy-five dollars, for every
one hundred dollars invested, was paid to the stockholders of
the company. '

The capture of American vessels by French and English
privateers, in the war of 1812, and the claims arising there-
from, delayed the final settlement of the affairs of the company
until the year 1835 or later.'

THE MRRRIMACK INSURANCE COMPANY, I814-1834.

February i, 1814, William Bartlet, Jeremiah Nelson and
Nicholas Pike, their associates and successors, were incorpo-

* Newburyport Herald, November 1 7, 181 2.

' See advertisement, signed William Currier, jr., secretary, in the Newburyport
lierald, June i, 1835.

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rated by the name of The Merrimack Insurance Company,
and authorized to insure vessels, freight, merchandise and
'* the life of any person during his absence by sea '*' The
act of incorporation also provided that the Newburyport Ma-
rine Insurance Company and the Merrimack Marine and
Fire Insurance Company, in Newburyport, " may, at any
meeting duly called therefor, dissolve their res|KX'tive c(»r-
lx)rations." March i, 181 5, the provisions of this act were
continued, established and confirmed.'

Thomas M. Clark was president, and Samuel Tenney, secre-
tary, of the compjmy for many years. In 1832, a wmmittee
was appointed to re-insure outstanding risks, and in 1834 the
charter of the company expired by limitation.

NEWBURYPORT MUTUAL FISHING INSURANCE COMPANV.

In 1828, the merchants and ship-owners of Newburyport
formed an association for the insurance of vessels engaged in
fishing on the coast of Labrador or on the banks of New-
foundland. At the close of the year an assessment was levied
and collected to cover the loss on property insured.

The association was re-organized annually, with Charles J.
Brockway, secretary, and continued to do a large and lucra-
tive business until 1836.'

THE NEWBURYPORT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

February 11, 1829, Kbenezer Moseley, Luther Waterman,
John Greenleaf, William Bartlet, Moses Davenport, William
Davis, William C. Williams, Aaron Davis, Enoch Osgood,
Samuel Newman, Thomas M. Clark and their associates, suc-
cessors and assigns were incorporated by the name of The
Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for the pur-

I Acts and Resolves, 1813-4, chapter 82.
' Acts and Resolves, 18 14-5, chapter 160.

' See Newhury|>ort Herald, March 27, l8i8, December 20, 1830, February 14,
1832, January i, and April 27, 1833, May 13, 1835, and April 15, 1836.

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pose of insuring buildings, furniture, books, merchandise and
other property for the term of twenty-eight years.'

Jeremiah Nelson was chosen president May i6, 1829, and
annually re-elected until May, 1836, when he declined to
accept the office and John Merrill was chosen ta fill the
vacancy.

The act incorporating the company was extended, and con-
tinued in force to the present time by acts passed by the
General Court in 1857 and i875.»

THE MERCHANTS INSURANCE COMPANY.

March 12, 1831, William Bartlet, John Wills, John Wood,
Robert Jenkins, John N. Gushing, David Noyes, Benjamin
Hale, William Balch, Stephen Tilton, Henry Johnson, Amos
Noyes, Henry Frothingham, Samuel Nichols, Eleazer Johnson
and Edmund Swett, their associates and successors, were in-
corporated by the name of The Merchants Insurance Gom-
jxmy, to l>c located in Newburyix)rt, for the purix)sc of insur-
ing against maritime and fire losses.* John Porter was
elected president, and Joel Scott, secretary, of the company.
In 1836, having met with heavy losses, the stockholders voted
to pay the unsettled claims in full, with interest, and dis.solve
the company.

THE NEWBURYPORT INSURANCE COMPANY.

March 25, 1836, John Merrill, Philip Johnson and Samuel
Pettingell, their associates and successors, were incorporated
by the name of The Newburyport Insurance Gompany, for
the purpose of insuring against losses at sea and by fire for
the term of twenty years.^ March 4, 1837, a supplementary

* Acts and Resolves, 1828-9, chapter 48.

• Acts and Resolves, 1857, chapter 3; and 1875, chapter 34.
' Acts and Resolves, 1830-1, chapter 82.

^ Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 69.

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act of the General Court extended the time previously fixed
for the payment of the capital stock to March 25, 1838.'

No record or report of the organization of this company
has been found. John Merrill was elected president of the
Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company in May, 1836 ;
and probably he and his friends declined to take stock in the
new corporation.

THE ESSEX MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.

February 21, 1839, John Porter, Benjamin W. Hale and
Isaac H. Boardman, their associates and successors, were
incorporated by the name of The Essex Marine Insurance
Company, to be established in Newburyport, for the pur|X)se
of insuring against maritime losses in the customary manner.'
The company organized and commenced business with a capi-
tal stock of fifty thousand dollars. The office was closed by
a vote of the directors in 1844.

THE MERRIMACK INSURANCE COMPANY, 1 85 I.

May 17, 1851, Edward S. Moseley, Micajah Lunt and John
Wood, their associates and successors, were incorporated by
the name of The Merrimack Insurance Company, to be
established in the town of Newburyport, for the purpose of
insuring against maritime losses.^

This company probably never was organized. If officers
were elected no evidence of the fact has been discovered.

UNION MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.

April 24, 1852, Samuel Hale, Moody A. Thurlo and Isaac
H. Boardman, their associates and successors, were incorpo-
rated by the name of The Union Mutual Marine Insurance

> Acts and Resolves, 1837, chapter 36.
* Acts and Resolves, 1839, chapter 29.
' Acts and Resolves, 1851, chapter 174.

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Company, in Newburyport, for the purpose of insuring
against maritime losses.'

This company was dissolved and its charter surrendered
in 1857.

MERCHANTS MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.

February 17, 1857, Isaac H. Boardman, Samuel Hale and
Jacob Horton, their associates and successors, were incorpo-
rated by the name of the Merchants Mutual Marine Insur-
ance Com|>any, for the purpose of insuring, in the city of
Newburyport, for the term of twenty-eight years, ships,
freights and merchandise.'

In 1872, the company was dissolved, outstanding risks re-
insured, and the net profits divided among the stockholders.

NEWHURYPORT HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY.

May 10, 1 848, Richard S. SpofTord, John Atkinson and A.VV.
Wildes, their associates and successors, were incorporated by
the name of the Newburyport Health Insurance Company,
for the purpose of insuring doctors, lawyers, tradesmen and
mechanics against loss of time or wages by accident or
illness.3

The company organized at a meeting held in Washington
hall May 27, 1848, and opened an office for the transaction of
business soon after that date. Subsequently, an earnest effort
was made to increase the amount of the capital stock in order
to protect the policy holders and place the company on a firmer
financial basis, but the plan was not received with favor, and
finding the business unprofitable the company was dissolved
a year or two later.

' Acts and RctoIvcs, 1852, chapter 145.
• Acts and Resolves, 1857, chapter 7.
" Acts and Resolves, 1848, chapter 300.

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MERRIMACK BANK.

June 25, 1795, William Bartlct, Moses Brown, Tristram
Coffin, William Coombs, Nicholas Johnson, George Searls and
Ebenezer Stoker, their associates, successors and assigns,
were, by an act of the legislature, " created and made a cor-
poration by the name of " The President and Directors of the
Merrimack Bank," and shall so continue from the first day of
July next until the expiration of ten years next following."*
The act of incorporation also provided that the bank should
be located in Newburyport, and that the capital stock should
not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. February
21, 1800, the president and directors were authorized to in-
crease the capital stock to a sum not exceeding '*Two Hun-
dred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in specie."* William Bart-
let was president of the bank and Joseph Cutler, cashier.

NEWBURYPORT BANK (SUCCESSOR TO MERRIMACK HANK).

March 8, 1803, Micajah Sawyer, Michael Hodge, John
Greenleaf, Joshua Carter, Israel Young, Thomas Cary, jr.,
Charles Jackson, Samuel Allyne Otis and Dudley Atkins
Tyng, their associates and successors, were incorporated by
the name of ** The President, Directors and Company of the
Newbury Port Bank," with a capital not exceeding two hun-
dred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each.* Stockholders wore notified by William W.
Prout, cashier, that the first instalment of fifty dollars per
share was payable May thirtieth. < In 1805, liberty to increase
the capital stock to a sum not exceeding two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars was granted by the General Court. ^
The charter of the Merrimack Bank having expired by lim-

* Acts and Resolves (edition, 1807), volume II, page 692.
> Acts and Resolves (edition, 1807), volume II, page 891.
' Acts and Resolves, 1802-3, chapter 140.

^ Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, May 10, 1803.

* Acts and Resolves, 1805, chapter 5.

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itation in June of that year, the stockholders were allowed to
exchange one or more shares of stock in that bank for the
same number of shares in the Newburyix)rt Bank.'

NEWBURYPORT BANK (UNl)ER SECOND CHARTER).

June 23, 1812, William Bartlct, Joshua Carter, Thomas M.
Clark, Abner Wood and Ebenezer Wheelwright, their asso-
ciates and successors, were made a corporation by the name
of *' The President, Directors and Company of the Newbury-
|K)rt Hnnk," lo he cslnblishcd in Ncwburyport, with a capital
of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars."

October 13, 18 14, the capital stock of the bank wan re-
duced to two hundred and ten thousand dollars.* William
Bartlet was president, and Samuel Mulliken, cashier, for
many years.

June 15, 183 1, the president and directors of the bank
were authorized and directed to reduce its liabilities and settle
all outstanding accounts within three years, " in the same
maimer, and to every intent and purpose, as if the act incor-
porating said company had expired by its own limitation."^

NEWBURYPORT BANK (UNDER THIRD CHARTER).

April 9, 1836, Enoch S. Williams, John Bradbury and
Samuel T. DeFord, their associates and successors, were in-
corporated by the name of "The President, Directors and
Company of the Newburyport Bank," with a capital of one
hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars
each.5

Stephen W. Marston was elected president, and John Mer-
rill, cashier. The half-tone print on the next page, giving a
view of Market scjuarc and the custom house, is reproduced

' Newbury))ort Herald, June 25, 1805.
^ Acta and Resolves, 181 1-3, chapter 50.
' Acta and Resolves, 181 4, chapter 59.
^ Acts and Resolves, 1 83 1, chapter 22.
^ Acta and Resolves, 1836, chapter 200.

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from a bank note now in the possession of Henry B. Little,
esq.

Owing to the impairment of its capital stock, the bank was
placed in the hands of receivers in April, 1841, and March 3,
1842, its charter was repealed and cancelled/ In 1845, the
claims of bill holders were paid in full, but stockholders were
obliged to submit to a heavy loss.*

MECIIANICKS NATIONAL BANK.

June 23, 1812, John O'lJricn, James Prince, William Rus-
sell, Joshua Little, William Davis, Abraham Williams, John
Brickett, James Horton and Oilman Frothingham, their asso-
ciates and successors, were made a corporation by the name
of " The President, Directors and Comimny of the Mechan-
icks Bank " for the term of nineteen years, with a capital
stock of not less than two hundred thousand dollars, divided
into shares of one hundred dollars cach.^

In November, 1864, the bank was reorganized and made a
national bank, with a capital of two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars. In 1894, the stockholders voted to reduce the
capital to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and
in June, 1900, decided to wind up its affairs and convey the
bank building, No. 51 State street, with other available assets,
to the Ocean National Bank of Newburyport.

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

March 18, 183 1, William Bartlet, John Wills, John Wood,
Robert Jenkins, John N. Gushing, Benjamin Hale, William
Balch, Stephen Tilton, Henry Johnson, Amos Noyes, David
Noycs, Henry Frothingham, Samuel Nichols, Eleazer John-
son and Edmund Swctt, their associates and successors, were
incor|X)rated by the name of ** The President, Directors and

* Acts and Resolves, 1842, chapter 97.

• Newburyport Herald, July 15, 1845.

' Acts and Resolves, 181 1-2, chapter 46.

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Company of the Merchants Bank of Newburyport/' with a
capital of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, di-
vided into shares of fifty dollars each.' March 25, 1833, the
bank was authorized to increase its capital to three hundred
thousand dollars.'

Owing to heavy losses, this capital was reduced to two hun-
dred and ten thousand dollars February 23, 1844,* and still
further reduced to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars,
with a par value of twenty dollars per share, when the bank
was reorganized as the Merchants National Bank, in April,
1865.

OCEAN NATIONAL BANK.

March 20, 1833, William Davis, Richard Stone, Henry
Titcomb, jr., Stephen Thurston and Joseph Knapp, ** their
associates and successors," were incorporated by the name of
*« the President, Directors and Company of the Ocean Bank,"
with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, divided into
shares of one hundred dollars each.^ In February, 1844,
liberty to reduce the capital stock to one hundred thousand
dollars, and the par value of shares to fifty dollars each, was
granted by the General Court.*

In 1865, the bank was reorganized, with a capital of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, under an act passed by
congress June 3, 1864, "to provide a national currency se-
cured by a pledge of United States bonds ;*' and in June, 1900,
it was consolidated with the Mechanicks National Bank, and
removed from No. 19 Market square to No. 51 State street,
where it is at present located.

* Acts ami Resolves, 1 830-1, chapter 116.

* Acts and Resolves, 1 833* chapter 158.
' Acts and Resolves, 1844, chapter 29.

* Acts and Resolves, 1833, chapter 136.

* Acts and Resolves, 1844, chapter 35.

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FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

" An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge
of United States bonds and to provide for the circulation and
redemption thereof '* was passed by congress February 25,
1863. Only a few banks were organized in Massachusetts
under this act. On the first day of February, 1864, a few
individuals, interested in financial affairs and anxious to
strengthen and uphold the government in its struggle for ex-
istence, met in the counting room of the Globe Steam Mills
in Ncwbury|K)rt, and after a brief conference, decided to or-
ganize a national bank with a capital of two hundred thousand
dollars. Articles of association were adopted, signed and
sent to Washington, D. C, but owing to some informalities,
they were not accepted by the comptroller of the currency.
At a special meeting of the stockholders, held on the twenty-
second of February, revised articles of association were
adopted, and Charles II. Coffin, Eben Sumner, Henry Cook,
Robert Bayley, David Hale, Edward H. Little, Alexander D.
Brown, Mark Symonds and Enoch M. Reed were elected di-
rectors. A few days later, a certificate, incorporating the
directors by the name of the First National Bank of New-
bury port, was received from Hugh McCulloch, comptroller of
the currency. Charles H. Coffin was elected president, aAd
Jacob Stone, cashier ; and on the first day of March the bank
began business in the second story of the Mechanicks Bank
building, in the rear of the Five Cents Savings Bank. Sub-
sequently, more commodious banking rooms were secured and
fitted up at No. 16 State street, in a building then owned by
Moses Kimball.

In June, 1864, important changes were made in the act es-
tablishing national banks, and a tax of ten per cent wds im-
posed on all bills issued by state banks after July i, 1866.
Stimulated by the provisions of this act, the First National
Bank increased its capital stock from two hundred to three
hundred thousand dollars November 21, 1864, and soon after

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that date the Mechanicks, Merchants and Ocean banks of
Newburyport considered it advisable to reorganize as national
banks.

Owing to severe business depression in 1 887, the capital
stock of the First National Bank was reduced to one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, at which sum it has remained until
the present time.

1 INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT.

January 31, 1820, William Bartlet, Moses Brown, John
Pettingell, John Pearson, Thomas M. Clark, Edward Rand,
Edward S. Rand, William B. Bannister, Stephen Howard,
Thomas Carter, Joshua Carter, ltll)enczer Mosclcy, El>enezcr
Wheelwright, Peter Le Breton, Jonathan Gage, Francis
Vergnies, Nathan Noyes, Oliver Prescott, Nathaniel Brad-
street, Joseph S. Pike and Philip Bagley, were incorporated by
the name of The Institution for Savings in Newburyport
and its Vicinity, for the purpose of receiving money on de-
|)osit and investing the same "to the Ixist a<lvantago of the
owners thereof." '

The first meeting of the corporation was held on the
twenty-first of March following. William B. Bannister was
elected president, Jeremiah Nelson, Thomas M. Clark and
Thomas Carter, vice-presidents, Peter Le Breton, treasurer,
and Samuel Tenney, secretary.

At twelve o'clock, noon, on the fifth of April, *' in the
selectmen's room under the Town Hall," on the southwesterly
comer of State and Essex streets, the bank was opened for
business.* Several years later, it occupied rooms in the sec-
ond story of the brick building on the northeasterly comer of
State and Pleasant streets. After the sale of the town hall
to Thomas Davis, in May, 1845, ^^^ bank was removed to
that building. In 1856, it occupied chambers in the Mer-

* Acts and Resolves, 1819-20, chapter 85.
' Newburyport Herald, April 6, 1820,

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chants Bank building on the northeasterly corner of State
and Charter streets, and remained there until early in the
spring of 1872, when it was removed to a new and commodi-
ous building, opposite Wolfe tavern, on State street, where it
is located at the present time.

THE NEWBURVPOKT FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK.

April 24, 1854, Dudley D. Tilton, John Balch, Edward S.
Lesley, John Porter, Daniel P. Pike, Benjamin I. l^ne, Luther
F. Diminick, Daniel M. Kccd, Samuel J. Spalding, William
C. Ikilch and Ricluud I'lumci, "their associates and succes-
sors," were incoqwratcd by the name of The Newburyport
Five Cents Savings Bank, and were authorized to receive
on deposit sums as small as five cents. Joseph B. Morss was
elected president, James Horton, treasurer, and Daniel P.
Pike, secretary. The bank was opened for business in rooms
over the store of Joseph A. Frothingham, on State street,
June 19, 1854, and a few years later was removed to No. 53
State street, occupying rooms over the Mechanicks Bank. In
1873, l^"d was purchased, and the next year a building
erected on the northwesterly side of the street, nearly opposite
Charter street, where the bank is now located.

NEWBURYPORT CO-OPERATIVE BANK.

March 6, 1888, an association of twenty-five or more per-
sons was formed for the purpose of encouraging the accumu-
lation of savings and providing for the investment of the same
at a fair rate of interest. On the fifteenth of March following,
the a.ssocintion was inror|M)ratc(l, under the one hundred and
seventeenth chapter of the Public Statutes, by the name of
the Newbury|X)rt Co-operative Bank Association. Lieut.-gov.
J. Q. A. Brackett and others interested in similar organiza-
tions in the state of Massachusetts explained the principles
and provisions of the law relating to the incorporation of
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City hall on the evening of April ninth, and subscriptions
were received and several small loans made at the close of the
meeting.

Rooms were engaged in the second story of a building on
the northwesterly side of State street, opposite Essex street,
and the bank began business there in the month of May fol-
lowing. In 1904, it was removed to rooms in the Essex Hall
building on the northeasterly corner of State and Essex streets.

NEWBURYPORT ATUEN/EUM, 1809-1849.

In 1809, an association "for the purix)se of promoting
learning and diffusing useful knowledge " was organizetl in

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BCX)K-PIJVTE.

Newburyport. The trustees of the association, " with such
other person or persons as shall from time to time be admit-
ted members of the association," were incorix)rated February
24, 1 8 10, by the name of the Proprietors of the Newbury-
port Athenaeum.'

A library containing ten or twelve thousand volumes was

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 520.

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established. On the inside cover of each volume was an en-
graved book-plate, representing an eagle about to rise from a
pile of rocks, and carrying in his beak a ribbon with the words
'* Newburyport Athenaeum ** upon it, as shown in the half-
tone print on the preceding page ; also a printed label bearing
the number of the book to which it was affixed.

The Newburyport Athenaeum was dissolved, and its books
sold at auction, in 1849.

NEWBURYPORT LINNEAN SOCIETY.

A society for the study of natural history and antiquities
¥^as organized in Newburyport in 1820.' Meetings for the
discussion of scientific and historical subjects were held, and
a small collection of curious and interesting objects was made
and carefully classified.

The society was incorporated March 23, 1836, by the name
of The Newburyix)rt Linnean Society, and authorized to
hold real estate valued at not more than five thousand dol-
lars and personal estate not exceeding ten thousand dollars.'

Pictures, portraits, wax statuary, Indian arrow heads, min-
erals, with household utensils and specimens of pewter and
silver ware, were added to the collection, and visitors were
admitted to the rooms of the society every day, Sundays ex-
cepted, upon the payment of a small fee. This plan, popular
and profitable at first, soon proved to be unremunerative, and
the entire collection of paintings, statuary and natural curiosi-
ties was sold at public auction February 19, 1845. Most of
the oil paintings, wax statuary, etc., were purchased by Moses
Kimball for the Boston Museum. ^

» Hwtory of Newburyport (Gushing), ptge 71; History of Newburyport (Mrt.
E. Vile Smith), page 399.
* AcU and Retolvei, 1836, chapter 58.
' Newburyport Herald, February ai, 1845.

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NEWBURYPORT LYCEUM.

For the purpose of promoting and stimulating the intellec-
tual and moral growth of the community, the Newburyport
Lyceum was organized November 28, 1829. Rev. Daniel
Dana was chosen president, Rev. Leonard Withington and
Rev. James Morss, vice-presidents, Jacob Stone, jr., treas-
urer, William S. Allen, corresponding secretary, and Edward
L. Le Breton, recording secretary.

At the first public meeting of the association, held Friday
evening, December 18, 1829, in the Federal street meeting-
house. Rev. Leonard Withington delivered the address.

The second meeting was held Tuesday evening, December
twenty-ninth, in Town hall, on the corner of State and Essex
streets. At that meeting. Dr. Henry C. Perkins read an
interesting paper on the subject of " Heat.*'

Subsequent meetings were held in Reverend Doctor Dana's
meeting-house, on Harris street, in the Methodist meeting-
house, on Liberty street, in the Newbury town house, and
after September i, 1832, in Lyceum hall, on High street, op-
posite the head, of Fruit street. From November, 1838,
until November, "185 1, lectures were delivered as often as
once a week, during the winter months, in Market hall, and
from 1852 to 1876, in City hall, on the corner of Pleasant
and Green ^streets.

Nehemiah Clcavcland gave a series of lectures on chemistry.
Mr. Jacob Stone read a paper on the " Life and Writings
of Oliver Goldsmith," and Mr. James F. Otis delivered
an appropriate and appreciative address on " Robert Bums."
Other lecturers, previous to 1850, were Rev. Leonard With-
ington, on " Inductive Reasoning " ; Caleb Cushing, on the
" Regeneration of France " ; Henry C. Perkins, on the
" Theory and Nature of Eclipses " ; Ebenezer Moseley, on
" The Life of Cicero " ; David P. Page, on " Animal In-
stinct," "Acoustics" and "The Weather"; Caleb Cush-
ing, on " Spain " and the " Polish Revolution " ; Rev. James

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Morss, on the " Reign of Queen Elizabeth " ; Hon. Rufus
Choate, on the " Waverly Novels " ; George Lunt, on " Wal-
ter Scott " ; Rev. Thomas B. Fox, on " Forest Trees " ; Rev.
Thomas M. Clark, on " Popular Educators " ; Rev. William
S. Bartlet, on " William Shakespeare "; and Rev. John C.
March, on the " Crusades.** Dr. Francis V. Noyes, Roger
S. Howard and William S. Allen of Newburyport, Samuel M.
Felton of Cambridge and other men of literary ability in
Salem, Andover and neighboring towns in E^sex county were
included in the list of lecturers. At a later date, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edwin P. Whipple,
Wendell Phillips, James Russell Lowell, George W. Curtis,
Thomas Starr King, Theodore Parker, John B. Gough, Park
Benjamin, Anson Burlingame, Rev. John Pierpont of Med-
ford, Hon. Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, Hon. Sam Hous-
ton of Texas, lion. Albert Pike of Arkansas, Hon. Joshua R.
Giddings of Ohio, lion. John P. Ilalc of New Hampshire
and others, distinguished orators, poets and statesmen, dis-
cussed the social and political problems of the day at the
regular meetings of the association.

Rev. Leonard Withington was president of the Lyceum
Association in 1830, Rev. James Morss in 1831, lion. George
Lunt in 1834 and David P. Page in 1841. Other prominent
citizens of Newburyport held the office until November, 1876,
when the association was dissolved for lack of financial
support.

MERRIMACK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

February 3, 1852, a meeting was held in the ward room at
City hall for the purpose of maturing a plan for the purchase
of books for a public library and establishing a reading room
in Newburyport.' At that meeting the Merrimack Library
Association was organized. William H. Wells was president,
Eben P. Stone, vice-president, Jacob Haskell, secretary, and

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 523.

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Philip K. Hills, treasurer. Rooms were engaged in the Mer-
chants Bank building, and a reading room established for the
use of members of the association. In order to encourage
the production of original essays and poems by pupils con-
nected with the public schools or by citizens of Newburyport,
prizes were offered by the association in October, 1852, and
February, 1853. Donations of l>o()ks and money were solic-
ited, and many valuable gifts were received, which were trans-
ferred to the Newburyport Public library when it was estab-
lished in 1854.

PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.

In September, 1854, Hon. Josiah Little gave to the city of
Newburyport the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose
of establishing a free public library. The gift was accepted,
and a room on the northwesterly side of City hall was fitted
to receive the books purchased by a committee appointed
by the mayor and board of aldermen. In 1864, the Tracy
house on State street was purchased and re-modeled for the
use of the library. A reading room, supplied with newspapers
and magazines, was provided, at the suggestion of William C.
Todd, in 1870, and a spacious and well-lighted room was added
to the library building, in 1882, for the special accommodation
of newspaper readers.'

NEWBURYPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

In January, 1855, ^tn association was organized for the pur-
pose of discussing social and political questions, preparing
essays and reading works of historical interest to be found in
the Public library.* Eben F. Stone was elected president,
Philip K. Hills and Jeremiah L. Newton, vice-presidents,
George W. Hill, secretary, William H. Piper, treasurer, Sam-

* Hiitory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 524-528.

* Saturday Evening Union, January 13, 1855.

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uel J. Spalding, Joshua Coffin, William C. Todd, D. S. Blake
and Jacob Haskell, executive committee.

Meetings were held during the winter months, but interest
in the association was confined to a few members, and after a
brief existence it was dissolved.

MECHANIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

May 6, 1857, Henry W. Moulton, John H. Smith, Moses
Sweetser, Hiram A. Tenney, Charles Osgood Morse, Edwin
Blood, George J. L. Colby, Joseph II. Bragdon, William H.
Huse and others were incorporated under the general laws of
the commonwealth by the name of the Mechanic Library As-
sociation, for the purpose of promoting useful knowledge, "and
more especially for the instruction and improvement of young
men engaged in mechanical pursuits."'

At a meeting held in the ward room at City hall, on the
twenty-first of May following, the organization was com-
pleted and by-laws adopted. For two or three years, the asso-
ciation was active and prosperous, but it gradually lost its
popularity and was quietly dissolved.

NEWBURYPORT ATHENiKUM, 1 878- 1 88 1.

When the Newburyport Lyceum was discontinued in 1876
a new association was pro|X)sed and subsequently organized
for the puipose of stimulating and encouraging the prepara-
tion of essays, the delivery of lectures and the discussion of
questions of local historical interest. The first meeting was
held in Fraternity hall February 2, 1878, when rules and
regulations were agreed upon, officers elected and the name
of Newburyport Athenaeum adopted. At the next meeting,
on the fifteenth of February following, essays on '* Civil Service
Reform " were read by Nathan N. Withington and Amos
Noyes, and a general discussion of the subject followed.

> Acli and Kesolves, 1857, chapter 57: Ewex Deeds, buok 550, leaf 1 15.

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Subsequently, lectures were delivered by James Parton,
Eben F. Stone, Henry M. Cross, William H. Swasey, Joseph
B. Morss, Eben M. Boynton, Amos A. Thompson, William C.
Todd> Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, Rev. Edward L. Drown, Dr.
Edward P. Hurd, Rev. James H. Ross of Newburyix)rt, Prof.
John Fiske of Cambridge, Hon. Haydn Brown of West New-
bury, Mrs. Margaret M. Campbell of Boston and others.

Meetings were held in Fraternity hall once in two weeks
during the winter months, and a small admission fee was
charged to defray the expenses of the association. In April,
1 88 1, these meetings were discontinued, and were not re-
sumed after the usual summer vacation.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD NEWHURV.

At a meeting held at eleven o'clock a. m., September 6,
1877, on the lower green near Parker river, the Antiquarian
and Historical Society of Old Newbury was organized. Wil-
liam Little was elected president, David L. Withington, cor-
responding secretary, Stephen Ilsley, recording secretary and
Nathaniel Dole, treasurer. Dinner was served in a large tent
erected on the green, and" in the afternoon Hon. Caleb Cush-
ing delivered an address appropriate to the occasion, and
speeches were made by Ben : Perley Poore, James Parton,
Eben F. Stone and others. Subsequently, rooms were se-
cured in the Public Library building, in Newburypr)rt, and
members of the society and all others interested were invited
to attend the meetings held there once a month during the
winter season.

In January, 1 896, a committee was appointed to secure an
act of incorporation, and on the twenty-fourth of June follow-
ing William Little, Philip H. Lunt, Nathan N. Withington,
Susan L Adams, Lawrence \\. Cushing, Robert N. Toppan,
Samuel C. Beane, John J. Currier and others were incorpo-
rated under the general laws by the name of the Historical
Society of Old Newbury, for the purpose of preserving house-

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hold utensils, books, manuscripts and other objects of interest
connected with the early history of the towns of Newbury,
Newburyport and West Newbury. William Little was elect-
ed president, Emily A. Getchell, secretary, and Philip H. Lunt,
treasurer.

The society has received since its organization many gifts
of books, manuscripts, portraits and engravings, and recent-
ly, from Mrs. Moses H. Fowler, a large three-story framed
dwelling house, now standing on the corner of High and
Winter streets, in Newburyport. Owing to the lack of avail-
able funds, the purchase of rare books and valuable works of
art has l)cen necessarily limital, but with a larger income and
better accommodations in a fire-proof building, it would be
possible to make and preserve for future generations an inter-
esting collection of ancient documents, furniture and clothing
relating to, or illustrating, the manners and customs of the
early settlers of old Newbury.

SOUTH END READING ROOM ASSOCIATION.

January 25, 1900, a few ladies, interested in the education
of children and the diffusion of useful knowledge, leased a
building on Union street, in Ward One, and with the assist-
ance of friends supplied it with books and magazines, pro-
vided an attendant and invited all persons living in that
neighborhood to use it as a reading room, free of expense.

In February, 1904, an association was formed, and incorpo-
rated on the third of March following, under chapter one
hundred and fifteen of the Public Statutes, by the name of
the South End Reading Room Association, for the purpose of
providing and maintaining a free public library and reading
room for the residents of Ward One in Newburyport. The
officers and members of the association named in the certifi-
cate of incorporatian are as follows : —

Eben C. Knight, president ; ICmma M. lender, secretary ; Anna L.
Coffin, treasurer; Charles H. Jackman, Isaac P. Noyes, Russell S. Tib-

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betts, Henry G. Alley, Edward Osgood, Edith M. McBumie, John W.
Sargent, William W. Hicks, George F. Woodman, George H. Welch,
Isaac W. Lane and Frank S. Osgood.

In May, 1905, the dwelling house No. 75 Purchase street,
comer of Marlborough street, formerly owned and occupied
by William T. Humphries, was purchased by friends of the
association, re-modeled and dedicated on the twentieth of July
following. It has several well-furnished and convenient read-
ing rooms and a small library of useful and entertaining
books for children.

The association is dependent upon gifts and bequests of
friends for its maintenance and support, the appropriation
made for several years in succession by the city council ha\ing
been declared illegal.

The reading rooms are open every evening, Sundays and
holidays excepted, from seven to nine o'clock p. m. The
library is open every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, from
half-past six to eight o'clock p. m.

MUSICAL SOCIETIES.

In 1 7 14, Rev. John Tufts, pastor of the Second church in
Newbury, now the First in West Newbury, published '* a very
plain and easy introduction to the art of singing psalm tunes."
This was probably the first book published in America con-
taining tunes to be sung by note.'

When Newburyix>rt was incorporated, in 1764, the study
of vocal and instrumental music was stimulated and encour-
aged by Daniel Bayley, who compiled, published and sold
singing books at his house near St. Paul's church. For
twenty-five or thirty years his books met with a ready sale,
and helped to develop the musical taste and ability of inex-
perienced singers.'

* riistory of Newbury (Coffin), pages 185, 186; History of Newburyport (Cur-
rier), volume I, page 473.
' Hittoiv of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 474-480,

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Singing classes and musical societies were organized for the
purpose of imparting instruction, training uncultivated voices
and raising the standard of church choirs. Under the direc-
tion of skillful teachers, psalm tunes and anthems sung in the
meeting-house on Sundays were made specially attractive and
acceptable.

At later dates, similar associations were formed to study
and interpret the works of eminent European musical com-
posers, but for many reasons they failed to receive cordial
support and after a brief existence were dissolved.

In 1848, two societies, the Musical Institute and the Sacred
Mu.sic Society, were organized by Moses D. Randall and
James W. (Cheney. Warren Currier was chosen secretary of
the Institute. Concerts of sacred music were given in the
meeting-house of the First Religious society, on Pleasant street,
Thursday evening, January eleventh, and Thursday evening,
April 12, 1849, and in the First Presbyterian meeting-house,
on Federal 'street, November twenty-first, and December 3,

1850. In the month of March following, the two musical
societies gave a concert in Town, now City hall, which
was repeated on Thursday (P'^ast day) evening, April 10,
1851.

The Essex North Musical convention, under the direction
of Prof. Lowell Mason and George J. Webb of the Boston
Academy of Music met at City hall, Newburyport, June 18,

185 1. Rev. Luther F. Dimmick delivered the opening ad-
dress. The exercises concluded on the evening of the next
day with a concert of sacred music in the meeting-house of the
First Religious society, on Pleasant street.

The Musical Institute, assisted by the Beethoven Club, or-
ganized as an orchestra, gave a free public rehearsal of vocal
and instrumental music in City hall, February twelfth, and a
sacred concert, in the same place, Sunday evening, December
5, 1852.

'* A Grand Musical Festival," under the management of
Charles P. Morrison of Newburyport and S. A. Ellis of Bos-

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ton, was held in City hall, beginning October eighth, and
ending October 1 1, 1867. Concerts of vocal and instrument-
al music were given every afternoon and evening, at which
Rossini's Stabat Mater and selections from Haydn's Seasons
and other eminent composers were sung.

Another festival, with a chorus of two hundred voices, as-
sisted by eminent soloists and the Mendelssohn Quintette
club of Boston, was held under the direction of Charles P.
Morrison, beginning October fourteenth, and ending October
16, 1868, at which selections from the oratorios "Elijah"
and " Creation " were sung.*

May 28, 1869, the Choral society, Charles P. Morrison,
conductor, organized for the purpose of taking part in the
"Grand National Peace Jubilee" in Boston,' gave a concert
of vocal and instrumental music in City hall, Newburyix)rt,
and on the twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
days of October following the third musical festival was held
in the same place, at which selections from the '* Messiah,"
*' Creation," " St. Paul " and " iLlijah " were sung by a
chorus of two hundred voices, assisted by the (iermania or-
chestra of Boston. The festival closed with a concert of
popular and patriotic songs, including the *' Star Spangled
Banner," " Anvil Chorus," Keller's ** American Hymn," etc.

Mr. Morrison removed to Worcester, Mass., in 1870, but
previous to the second " Peace Jubilee and International Fes-
tival " in lioston, in June, 1S72, he came to Ncwburyjiort
every week, from the middle of March to the middle of June, to
conduct the rehearsals of the Choral society. A rival society,
under the direction of Moses D. Randall, was organized, and
both societies took part in the jubilee concerts. Subsequent-
ly, both these societies were united to form the Newburyport

i A book of programmer containing worib of the oratorios sung at the musical
festival at City hall, October 14, 15 and 16, 1868, ^as printed by William H.
Huse & Co., and advertised for sale by George W. Clark.

^ The first Peace Jubilee was held in Boston, June 15-19, 1869, and the second
in June, 1872.

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Oratorio class, which held its first rehearsal October 8, 1872,
in the North Church vestry, under the direction of Carl Zer-
rahn of Boston. January 2, 1873, assisted by Myron W.
Whitney, Mrs. II. M. Smith and other soloists, the class sang
the Messiah in City hall. On the thirtieth of May following,
they sang Keller's " American Hymn,*' with selections from
the "Creation," and January 30, 1874, assisted by the Ger-
mania band, they gave a concert of vocal and instrumental
music before the Newburyport Lyceum Association.

Soon after the l.ist-namcd date the class was dissolved.
October 24, 1876, it was re-organized. Elisha P. Dodge was
chosen president, Frank Alley, secretary, and George H.
Pearson, conductor. Two public rehearsals, the first one
January 30, 1877, ^^^ second on the twelfth of April follow-
ing, were given in City hall.

In January, 1878, a rival association was organized under
the direction of Prof. L. A. Torrcns of l^oston. This associ-
ation gave three concerts in City hall, the first one April 11,

1878, the second, January 14, 1879, and the third, April 3,

1879, Soon after the last-named date the association was
dissolved.

On the twenty-first of March, 1879, the Newburyport Ora-
torio cla.s.s, George 11. Pearson, conductor, gave a concert of
vocal and instrumental music at City hall, and on the twenty-
first of April following sang, in the same place, selections
from the oratorio, "Judas Maccabeas," and the cantata of
" St. Cecelia's Day." On the evening of Fast day, April 8,

1880, the "Redemption Hymn," by J. C. D. Parker, was
sung, with the assistance of eminent soloists from Boston.
A few months later, meetings of the class for instruction
and practice were discontinued, and were not resumed.

November 30, 1896, the Newburyport Choral Union was
organized, rules and regulations adopted, and the following-
named officers elected : —

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Rev. Louis A. Pope, President.*

Robert E. Burke, Uice-presidents.

Richard G. Adams, >
John W. Winder, Secretary.

Charles A. Bliss, Treasurer.

Emil Mollenhauer, Conductor.

March 4, 1897, assisted by eminent soloists and the Ger-
mania orchestra from Boston, the Choral union sang in City
hall the cantata '* Gallia," by Gounod, and on the fifteenth of
April following gave the " Messiah " in the same hall to a
large and appreciative audience. Since the last-named date,
the members of the union have given three concerts annually,
singing the oratorios ** Arminius," " Elijah," '* Creation,"
"St. Paul," "Hiawatha," "Golden Legend," "Faust,"
" Aida," " Carmen," " Flying Dutchman " and other works
of eminent composers.

Under the direction of Emil Mollenhauer, the Choral union
is still active and prosperous. The twelfth season closed
April 20, 1908. After the usual summer vacation rehearsals
were resumed, and the oratorio " Elijah " was sung December
7, 1908. Other oratorios, not yet announced, will be given in
February and April, 1909.

THE MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.

In 1887, an association was formed for the pur^oose of re-grad-
ing and improving Bartlet mall and the public grounds in the
vicinity of Frog pond. The funds needed to make the proposed
changes were raised by private subscription, and September 4,
1 888, the city council adopted a joint resolution, authorizing
the association to make the improvements in accordance with
plans submitted by Charles Eliot, landscape gardener, of

* In 1904, Herbert E. Gillett was elected president in place of Kev. Louis A.
Pope, deceased. I1ie other officers named above have been annually re-elected
until the present time.

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Cambridge, Mass. In the summer of 1889 the work was
completed, and the association dissolved.'

CITY IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.

At a meeting held Saturday evening, October 2, 1890, in
Fraternity hall. Pleasant street, after a brief address by James
Parton, the City Improvement society was organized for the
purpose of preserving and improving the natural beauties of
the city of Ncwburyix)rt. Rules and regulations were adopt-
ed, officers elected and an excx:ulivc commit lee, consisting of
sixteen members, appointed to superintend and direct the
work ordered or authorized by the society.

Since that date the officers and the members of the execu-
tive committee have been elected annually, in October or
November, and have published, in pamphlet form, several
essays on subjects of local interest, and printed, for free dis-
tribution, a brief description of the historic houses and nota-
ble places in " Ould Newbury." They have also assisted,
with the co-operation of the society, in providing pictures and
statuary for the public schools of the city, contributed to the
cost of the monument erected on Atkinson common to the
soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil war and placed
bronze tablets at the lower and upper greens in Newbury and
at the entrance to the Old Hill burying ground in Newbury-
port.

The society is now engaged in an effort to improve the
appearance of the neglected graveyards within the limits of
the city, by removing unsightly weeds and wild cherry bushes,
repairing gravestones, laying out paths for the convenience of
visitors, and providing for the regular and frequent cutting of
the grass during the summer months. The funds needed for
this and other work undertaken by the society has been
raised by an annual tax on members, the contributions of

* See aniiaml reports to the city council for the year ending December ai, 1889,
pages 369-283.

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friends, and the proceeds of various public entertainments ;
the last one having been held at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Mayer S. Bernheimer, Saturday evening, June 22, 1907,
when Edmond Rostrand's play, '*The Romancers," was
given to a large and appreciative audience, by amateur actors,
on a stage surrounded by lofty trees and clambering vines, in
a secluded nook that forms a part of the garden connected
with the house recently owned and occupied by the late Solo-
mon Bachman of New York city.

BELLEVILLE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.

September 4, 1893, a few individuals residing near the
junction of Storey avenue, Moseley avenue, and the " Ferry
road " formed an association, by the name of the Belleville
Improvement Society, for the purpose of laying out walks,
planting trees and shrubs and otherwise improving Atkinson
common. Meetings were held once a month during the win-
ter season, and early in the month of May following the work
of deepening the soil and grading the walks and drives was
begun, and has been continued from year to year to the pres-
ent time, with the assistance of a small annual appropriation
from"the city council and the contributions of a few interested
friends.

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CHAPTER XXII.

MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS.

Although Robert Hooper was born in Marblehead, and
lived in that town until bis deatb, in 1790, several of his
children were identified prominently with the early history of
Newbury|X)rt. His son Stephen married Sarah Woodbridge,
another son, Joseph, married Mary Harris, a daughter Ruth
married Tristram Dalton, another daughter, Alice, married
Joseph Cutler, and a younger daughter, Rebekah, married
Lewis Jenkins. These sons and daughters of Robert Hooper
subsecjucntly resided in Ncwburyjx^rt, and helped to stimulate
and develop its s<K^ial and |K)litical life.

Robert Hooper, or " King Hooper," ashe was called, was the wealthi-
est merchant in Marblehead, and one of the wealthiest in New England
previous to the Revolution. His ships sailed to every port of Europe
and the West Indies, and his name and fame as a merchant extended to
all the mercantile centres of the world. He lived in princely style for
those days, and some of the highest dignitaries of the land were his
frequent guests.

His uniform courtesy and kindness and his benevolence to the poor
endeared him to all, especially the people of Marblehead, by whom he
was greatly beloved. The soubriquet " King," it is said, was given to
him by the fishermen, not on account of his wealth, as is generally sup-
posed, but because of his honor and integrity in dealing with them.
They were ignorant men, and contrary to the practice of some of the
merchants and shore men. King Hooper was never known to cheat them
or to take advantage of their ignorance.

During the Revolution Mr. Hooper was a loyalist, and his name was
reported to the town as one of those " inimical to the cause of their
country.""

' History of Marblehead (.Samuel Roads, jr.), |niges 350 and 351.
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He had a fine large house in Marblehead, where he resided,'
and another one, equally large and imposing, where his son
Joseph lived for nearly ten years.' In 1753, he bought
twenty-eight acres of land in Danvers, Mass., where he built
an elegant three-story house, which is now owned and occu-
pied by Francis Peabody, esq.

When Gen. Thomas Gage, governor of the province of
Massachusetts Bay, came to Salem to attend the General
Court that had been adjourned to meet in that town June 7,
1774, he was received with great demonstrations of loyalty.
A brilliant ball was given in his honor at the Assembly rooms.
The Essex Gazette, describing the occasion, says : •' His
Excellency the Governor resides at Danvers, about four miles
out of town, at the elegant country seat of the Honourable
Robert Hooper, Esq.**

Two companies of His Majesty's Sixty-fourth regiment of
infantry encamped on a large field in front of the house for
the protection of the governor. The representatives to the
General Court assembled at the time and place apix)inted and
elected delegates to the Continental congress to be held in
Philadelphia in the month of September following. Alarmed
at these revolutionary proceedings, the governor decided to
dissolve the General Court. On the seventeenth of June,
his secretary, when about to enter the upper hall, found the
door locked against him, and was obliged to read the procla-
mation on the stairs leading to the representative chamber.

On the twenty-seventh of August, the governor, with a
small body-guard, returned to Boston, and a few days later
two companies of infantry, with a band playing " Roast Beef
and Plum Pudding," marched thi-ough the streets of Danvers
on their way to Boston Neck, where British troops were at
work throwing up entrenchments.

^ lliii house is now owned and occupied by the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion of Marblehead.

* Joseph Hooper was a loyalist. In 1775, ^^ w^"* '** England, where he re-
mained until his death, in 181 i.

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Robert Hooper, owner of the mansion house in Danvers,
where General Gage, governor of the province of Massachu-
setts Bay, resided for a few weeks, was the son of Greenfield
and Alice Hooper. He was born June 26, 1709 ; and married,
September 10, 1735, Ruth, daughter of Joseph (Barnard)
Swett of Marblehead. The names of the children of Robert
and Ruth (Swett) Hooper, and the dates of their births, are as
follows : —

Greenfield, bom October 14, 1736.»

Ktith,

August 5, 1 739.

Stephen,

Julys, «74i.

Joseph,

May 29, 1743.

Alice,

September 12, 1745

Robert,

Febmary 9, 1 746-7.

Samuel,

January 25, 1748^.

Swett,

May 5, 1 750.

Hannah,

Junes, 1751.

Rebeckah,

August 15, 1755-

Greenfield, " May 10, 1762.

The first son, Greenfield, probably died unmarried. Ruth,
bom in 1739, married Tristram Dalton of Newburyport Octo-
ber 24, 1758. Stephen, bom in 1741, graduated at Harvard
college in 1761, and married Saiah VVoodbridge of Newbury-
port October 10, 1764. Two years later, he owned and oc-
cupied a dwelling house on the southerly side of Frog pond.'

Joseph, born in 1743, graduated at Harvard college in 1763,
and married Mary, daughter of l^enjamin Harris of Newbury-
port, in 1766.3

Alice, born in 1745, married Jacob Fowle November 7,
1765, and Joseph Cutler in 1782. Her portrait, painted by
Copley, is now in the lioston Athcn»xum.

Robert, bom in 1746, graduated at Harvard college in 1765.
He married Anna Cowell, in Marblehead, May 23, 1769,

> Died November 15, 1759.

• •* Child Newbury * ' : II istorical and Biographical Sketches, pages 610 and 6 1 2.
•Joseph Iloo|ier*s intention of marriage was filed with the town clerk of Mar-
blehead September 13, 1766.

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and was one of the signers of the address to Thomas Hutch-
inson, governor of the province of Massachusetts Hay, just
previous to the Revolutionary war.' He died in 1784.

Samuel, born in 1748-9, died when only fourteen or fifteen
months old. Swett, born in 1756, was a loyalist. He
signed the address to (lOvernor Hutchinson in 1774; and
married, in lioston, October 24, 1779, Mary McNeil. He dial
probably in October, 1781.

Hannah, born in 175 1, probably married Samuel White
October 27, 1768, or possibly John Miller July 30, 1772.

Rebeckah, born in 1755, married Lewis Jenkins of New-
buryport May 24, 1780.

(JreenfieM, born in 1762, probably married Abigail Hul-
man, in Dan\3rs, April 4, 1786.

Robert, or ** King," Hooper, died in Marblehead May 20,
1790. Rev. William lientley, a Congregational minister in
Salem, wrote as follows concerning the sad event : —

On the same evening [May 23, 1 790], was buried at Marblehead Rob-
ert Hooper Esq*" ait 80. He had long been the most eminent merchant
in the place, but by the events of the war became a bankrupt. He was
entrusted by his creditors with the improvement of his real estate during
his natural life, & was called King Hooper by the people. The highest
affection was shown to him at his death & his memory honored by his
numerous former dependents. The Vessels were all dressed in mourn-
in;;; die l*n»(X*ssl<)n cxiCfdcjl anytliin^ before known in honor nf ;i mcr-
ch.int in that place. »

Administration of his estate was granted September 6,
1790, and an inventory of his property was returned to the
probate court July 2, 1791.^ On the fourth of July, commis-

* **The addrcHKett of Mr. IIutchiiiHon, and the pnttcKtors nj^ainstour public meas-
ures, lead a devil of a life. In the country the ))eo|>le will not grind their corn,
and in the town they refuse to purchase from, and sell to them" (Sabine's loy-
alists, page 136).

* Diary of Rev. William Hentley, volume I, page 169.
^ Kssex l*rol>ate Records, IkmiU 361, page 328.

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sioners were appointed to examine claims against the estate,
which was declared insolvent, November 7, 1799.'

The half-tone print on
this jxige is reproduced
from a ix)rtrait of **King"
Hooper, painted by
Copley, now in the pos-
session of Robert C.
II(K)pcr, Heacon street,
l^)st()n.

Stephen, son of Rob-
ert 1 Iooi>cr, graihiatcd
at Harvard college in
1761, and came to New-
bury soon after that date.
I le married Sarah VV(X)d-
bridge October 10, 1764,
and in 1766 owned and
occupied a dwelling
house on the southerly
side of Frog pond, in
Newbury I )ort.* Sarah
(W«)(Mlbi idgc) II(M)pcr
died June 26, 1779, and Stephen Hooper married, in 1781,
Alice Roberts of Bradford, Mass. l^^ive years later, he
purchased a mill at the mouth of Artichoke river, and
erected a dwelling house there, removing, early in the year
1800, to a farm on the northwesterly side of the Bradford
road, near the summit of Pipe-Slave hill, now within the
limits of the town of West Newbury. lie died January 16,
1802. His widow, Alice (Roberts) Hooper, died May 8, 181 2,
aged sixty-five.

' ICsscx IVoIwite Recrmis, lK)ok 367, pajjes 1 71 -173.

'**()uM Ncwlmr)'": Mislfiricnl ;in<l Hiof»ra) ill ical Sk riches, page 612; History
i»( Newbury p«»rl (('urricr), vohiinc 1, paj;cs 120 ntid 121.

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Thomas Wooclbriclf^e Hooper, oldest son of Stephen Hooper
by his first marriage, was born December 19, 1767, and died
in infancy. His second son, Thomas Woodbridge Hooper,
was born January 25, 1771, and married, September 17,
1792, Harriet, daughter of Hon. Theophilus Ikadbury of
Newburyport.*

Stephen Hooper, jr., son of Stephen HooiKir, sr., by his
second marriage, was born April 7, 1785, and married, March
23, 1823, Susan Coffin Marquand of Newburyport.'

Joseph Hooper, son of Robert ind Ruth (Swett) Hooper,
was married by Rev. Edward Bass, October 30, 1766, to
Mary, daughter of IJenjamin Harris of Newburyport. The
children by this marriage were born as follows : —

Elizabeth, bom in Marblehead Sept. 3, 1 767 ; died .Sept. 1 7, 1 767.
Benjamin Harris, bom in Marblehead Jan. 22, 1769; died in infancy.
Elizabeth Harris, bom in Marblehead Jan. 31, 1772; died Nov. 2, 1795 ;
buried in St. PauPs ciiurcliyard, Newburyport.
Joseph, born in Newlniryport in i775.-»

Joseph Hooper, father of the above-named children, was a
loyalist. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he went
to England, where he died in 1812. His wife, Mary (Harri.s)
I loojxir, came to Ncwburyix^rt, where she died October 3,
1796. Her son Joseph was torn in a house then standing on
State street, belonging to the estate of her father, Benjamin
Harris, deceased. This house was subsequently removed to
Marlborough street ; and I larris street, extending from State
to Green street, was laid out through land in the possession
of Mary (Harris) Hooper and others in 1795.

The committee of correspondence, inspection and .safety of
Marblehead filed a certificate in the probate court, dated May

• Harriet (Bradbury) Hooper diecl November 28, 1798.

• See Chapter XX HI, Doctors and Lawyers.

• Joseph 1]oo|)er was baptized June 18, 1775, by Kev. Edward Hass.

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8, 1 78 1, Stating that Joseph Hooper had absented himself
from the town, and was supposed to be in England. Joseph
Lee of Marblehead, with Nathaniel Tracy and John Tracy of
Newburyport, as sureties, was api)ointed agent to take charge
of the estate, dis[X)se of the proi)erty, and render an account
of the same to the court as often as once in twelve months,
unless otherwise ordered.'

Alice Hooper, born in Marblehead September 12, 1745,
married Jacob Fowle November 7, 1765. Children by this
marriage were baptized in Marblehead at dates named below.*

Robert,

baptized

August 31, 1766.3

Jacob,

August 14, 1768.

Susannah,

March 3, 1771.

James Roland,

August 8, 1772.4

Greenfield Hooper

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1

September 4, 1774.

Mr. i'owlc removed with his wife and children to London-
derry, N. H., in 1775, and afterward to Newburyport, where
he died January 14, 1778, aged thirty-six. He was buried in
St. Paul's churchyard. In his will, dated at Londonderry,
May 19, 1777, and proved at the probate court held in
Salem, Mass., April 6, 1778, he gave one-third of his estate
to his wife Alice, and the rest and residue to his children,
Robert, Jacob, Susannah and Stephen Hooper Fowle.

In 1782, Mrs. Alice (Hooper) Fowle married Joseph Cutler
of Newburyport. He bought of John Babson of Gloucester,
March 9, 1 786, a brick dwelling house, with the land under
and adjoining the same, on the northeasterly corner of Green

' Efsex IVolwte Records, lxK>k 354, page 428.

' First Congregational Church records, Marblehead, Mass.

• Robert Fowle graduated at Harvard college in 1786, and was ordained to the
priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1 791. He
died at Holdcmess, N. H., in 1847.

* James Roland Fowle was not living, probably, when his father, Jacob Fowle,
died, and the name GreenficUl Iloo|)er, in the baptismal record, is probably incorrect,
an<l sli<Hd<l read Slejihen I lo<)|)cr I'owlc.

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street and Union, now Washington, street, Newburyport, and
lived there for many years.' Joseph and Alice (Hooper)
Cutler had one son and two daughters, born in Newburyport,
as follows : —

Joseph, bom January 4, 1 783 ; died in Boston May 9, 184S.
Sarah, '» July 18, 1784; died in Newburyport Sept. 26, 1863.
Susan, " in 1786; married Kev. Robert Kowlc of New

Holdemess, N. H.

Joseph Cutler died November 17, 1804, ag^d fifty-six.
His widow died September 15, 1826, aged eighty-one. Both
were buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburyix)rt.

Lewis Jenkins of Newburyport married Rebeckah Hooper
of Marblehead May 24, 1 780. The following-named children
of Lewis and Rebeckah (Hooper) Jenkins were born in
Newburyport : —

Rebecca Hooper, August 13, 1782.
Joseph Marion, September 20, 1 783.
Robert Dalton, November iq, 1785.

Mrs. Rebeckah (Hooper) Jenkins died December 18, 1790.'
Mr. Jenkins married, for his second wife, Ruth Hooper July

' Essex Deeds, book 145, leaf 87.

The land on which this brick dwelling house stands wiis sold, April 2, 1782, by
Nathaniel Tracy to Jonathan MuUiken, watchmaker, ** with the building materials
and rubbish thereon " (ICssex IVimIk, lMN>k i.|i, leaf 6). Mr. Mullikcn died |unr
19, 1782, and the executors of his will stdd the land, ** with the buildings, stone
and rubbish thereon," to John Habscm of Ncwbury|X)rt August 12, 1782 (Essex
Deeds, book 141, leaf 48).

' ** Died on Saturday last Mrs. Rebekah Jenkins, aged 35, the amiable consort
of Mr. I^wis Jenkins, and youngest daughter of the late honorable Roliert 1 loo])-
er, Esq., of Marblehead. Her funeral will be this afternoon, precisely at 3 o'clock,
which her Friends and acriuaintances are desired to attend" (Essex Gazette,
Salem, Mass., December 22, 1790).

'« Married last Sunday evening [July 3, 1791], by the Kev. Dr. liass, Mr.
Lewis Jenkins of this town, merchant, to Miss Ruth Hooper, grand-daughter to
the Hon. Robert Hooper, Esq., of Marblehead, merchant, deceased" (Essex
Journal and New Hampshire Packet, July 6, 1791 (American Anti(|uarian Society,
Worcester, Mass.).

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Lewis and Ruth (Hooper) Jenkins had a daughter, Mary
Dalton, born August 25, 1795, and perhaps other children
whose names have not been ascertained. Mr. Jenkins died
May 2, 1798, when forty-one years of age, and was buried in
St. Paul's church-yard. His widow, Ruth Jenkins, married,
June 22, 1809, (jcorgc Dc IMois of ]k)ston.

Jo.seph Hooper, son of Joseph and Mary (Harris) Hooper,
was born in Newbui7iK)rt in 1775. At that date, his father,
a loyalist, was in England, and his mother was living in a
house on Stale street, formerly owned and occupied by \\\^\v
jamin Harris, deceased/ He married Mary, daughter of Jo-
seph and Rachel (Waters) Whittemore, November 11, 1802.'
Children by this marriage were born in Newburyport at the
following-named dates : — '

Joseph, bom September 26, 1 803.
Mary Harris, " December 16, 1804.

Amelia Whillcmore, " May 24, 1806.
Uenjamin Harris, " July 11,1807.
John Whittemore, " January 30, 1S09.
Elizabeth Harris, " May 28, 1810.
William Woarl, " June 3, 1812.

Lucy, " February 6, 1814.

Henrietta Tracy, " August 17, 1815.
Harriet, " December 5, 1817.

Joseph and Rachel (Waters-Whitlemore) Hooper occupied
a dwelling house on Harris street in 1803, and several years
later a three-story house on the northeasterly side of Wash-
ington street, between IJoardman and Strong streets, where
Lucy Hooper, the poetess, was born.<

* See Images 194 and lox.

'^ Kncliel, (1aii|»htcr of Stinnicl \Viiler« of Sftlcm, Mass., Imihi Octolxjr 8, 1734,
married Col. Joseph Whittemore in 1760, probably. Mary Whittemore was lx)rn
in Newburyport Sept. 21, 1778. She died in Brooklyn, N, Y., Dec. 12, 1852.

• The dates of birth are taken from the Newburyport town records. They vary
soroewhat from the elates given in the family records. Lucy Hooper was probably
b^rn February- 6, 1814, not February 4, 1816, as usually printed.

^'Hi'm house is still stnmlinj^. It is owned by the estate of Mrs. Harriet Morttm,
wim died Dec. 14, k/jS.

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Mr. Hooper, with his wife and family, removed to Brook-
lyn, N. Y., in 1830. He died in that city May 20, 1838.

Joseph Atkins, son of Andrew and Sara Atkins, was
baptized November 4, 1680, in St. Clement's church, in the
town of Sandwich, county of Kent, England. 1 le probably
came to Newbury, Mass., in 1724, and tradition asserts that
his wife, whose maiden name was Strover, and two sons,
Joseph and William, came with him. He bought a small lot of
land extending from Merrimack river to Poore's lane, now
Merrimack court, in October, 1725.'

His son Joseph, born in England in 1706, married Ruth
Doliber in 1735, and purchased a dwelling house and land in
Marblehcad, which he sold in 1740.' He applied to the gov-
ernor and council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, in
1748, for a divorce, which was not granted \^ but he separated
from his wife, and removed to Newburyport, where he died
February 6, 1782.

His son William, born in luigland in 171 1, married Abigail,
daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Daniels) lieck, previous to
1738. She died December 5, 1786 ; and he died August 27,
1788. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newbury-
port.

Mrs. Atkins, wife of Joseph Atkins, sr., probably died
previous to 1729. After her decease, Captain Atkins pur-
chased about one acre and a half of land, at the foot of what
is now Strong street, extending from Merrimack river to the
land of Hawthorne Coker on the southwest, ** it being a part
of the homestead of Richard Bartlet, junior, of Newbury,
deceased,"^ and on this land he built a spacious dwelling
house. April 7, 1730, he married Mary, widow of Francis
Wainwright of lk)ston, daughter of Joseph Dudley, governor
of the province, and sister of Kathcrine, wife of Licut.-gov.
William Dummer.

* Essex Deeds, book 45, leaf 267.

* Essex l^ieds, book 82, leaf 91.

' JimepI) Atkins, the Story of a I'nniily, by Eruncin I lig)riiiMon Atkins, i>a^u44 note,
^ VjsiK\ Deeds, lMM>k 54, leaf ij8.

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In 1732, he bought of John Stocker land on the south-
easterly corner of Merrimack and Queen streets, with a dwel-
ling house thereon, which, twenty years later, was occupied by
his son, Dudley Atkins.* In 1738, he was granted liberty,
with Joseph Titcomb, John Ordway and others, to build a
wharf at the lower end of Queen, now Market, street.* On
this wharf he subsequently built an ««Oyl Mill," a distillery
and several warehouses. He purchased and conveyed to the
wardens and vestrymen of St. Paul's church the land on the
corner of High and Queen streets, on which the church was
erected, in 1741.^ The statement that he was in early life
an officer in the English navy is probably incorrect, although
he may have served in an inferior capacity at the taking of
Gibralter, in 1704.*

He died January 21, 1773, and was buried in St.Paul's church-
yard. The inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : —

This Stone
Is erected to the Memory

Joseph Atkins, Esquire,

One of the Founders and a Generous

Benefactor

of this Church

Formerly an Eminent Merchant

In this town

And Highly Esteemed by those who knew him,

He departed this life

Jan. 21, 1773, yi:tat92

and of

Mrs. Mary Atkins

The virtuous & amiable Relict

of Joseph Atkins, Esquire

and daughter of

His Excellency Joseph Dudley.

She died November 19, 1774, >Etat82.

* Essex Deeds, book 61, leaf 125; and hook 67, leaf 5.

* History of NewLury (Currier), page 482.

' ** Oulcl Newbury " : Historical and Hiographical Sketches, page 397.

* Joseph Atkins, the Story of a Family, by Francis Higginson Atkins, pages 29-43.

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Soon after the death of Joseph Atkins the following notice
was published in the Essex Gazette : —

Newbury- Port, January 25, 1773
On the 21ft Inftantdied, and on this Day was decently interred, Ji>-
sepli Atkins, Ef(| ; in the 93d Year of his Age. He was born at Sand-
wich, in Old-England. In the early Part of his Life he was of the
Royal Navy of England, and an Officer therein; lie was in the Sea
Fight between the Englifh and French in the Year 1692, when the Eng-
lifh gained a famous naval Victory ; He was at the taking of (jibralter
and Port-Mahon, from the Spaniards. Afterwards he was a noted Sea
Commander in the Merchants Service. In the latter Part of his Life
he fettled in this Place, and was an eminent Merchant, and one of his
Majefty*s Juftices of the Peace for the County of Essex ; a Man of much
Politeness, and sustained a fair Character through his whole life.'

Mary (Wainwright) Atkins, widow of Joseph Atkins, died
November 19, 1774. The following obituary notice was pul>
lished two weeks after her decease : —

Died. At Newbury-Port, Mrs. Mary Atkins, aged 84, Relict of the
late Jofeph Atkins, Efq ; of that place. She was the youngefi daughter
of Jofeph Dudley, Efq ; many years (Governor of this Province, and
Grand-Daughter of Thomas Dudley, Efq., who was alio feveral years
Governor under the firft Charter.*

Dudley, the only son of Joseph and Mary Dudley (Wain-
wright) Atkins, was born in Newbury, Mass., early in the year
1 73 1. He graduated at Harvard college in 1748, and mar-
ric<l May 7, 1752, Sarah, daughter of Richard and Hannah
(Gookin) Kent. He was one of the petitioners for the in-
corpoi-ation of the town of Newburyport in 1764, and was
elected representative to the General Court for the session
beginning May 29, 1765. During thee.xcitement that followed
the enforcement of the stamp act in Newburyport, in October
of that year, he was instructed to use his influence to secure
for the inhabitants of Massachusetts liay the rights and priv-

> Essex Gazette, Fehruary 2-9, 1773 (Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
* Salem Gazette and Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, I)eceml)er 2, 1774
(Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).

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ileges g^ranteed to them by the provincial charter.' He died
September 24, 1 767 ; and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.
Hiswidow, Sarah (Kent) Atkins, died October 16, 1810, aged
eighty-one. iJiidlcy and Sarah (Kent) Atkins had children
as follows : —

Mary KiLssell, bom in 1753 » n^arned George Searle Mar. 21, 1779.

Joseph, " December 13, 1755.*

Hannah, " April 14, 1757; died in 1771.

Katherine, " Oclober 9, 1 758 ; married Samuel Eliot

Dudley, " September 3, 1 760.3

Rel>ecca, " March 12, 1767; died June 23, 1842.

Bbnjamin Harris, son of Rev. Henry Harris of Boston,
was born in 1718. When only twenty years of age he came
to Newbury, Mass., and was one of the subscribers to the
fund raised in 1738 to defray the cost of building St. Paul's
church. He was one of the wardens of that church in
1743, and a vestryman from 1746 to 1753, and perhaps
longer.^ I Ic purchased land and probably erected a dwelling
hou.sc on Greenlcif's lane, now State street, as early as 1754.^
In January, 1758, he purchased additional land through which
Harris street was subsequently laid out.^

He married, in October, 1740, Lucy Whitman of Stowe.'
Elizabeth daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Whitman)
Harris, was born November 8, 1741, and another daughter
Mary, who married Joseph 1 l(H)pcr of Marblehead, was born
November 9, 1 746.

' History of Ncwburyport (Currier), vohimc I, pages 43 and 44.

• The gravestone in St. Paul's churchyard erected to the memory of Joseph At-
kins rends ns follows: ** Mon»ont<» Mon. Here nrc intcrrc<l the remains of Capl.
Joseph Atkins who with his whole shijw company |)erished by shipwreck on
Cape OkI Feb. ye 8»h 1787 aged 31 years."

' Dudley Atkins was authorized by the Clcneral Court, January 16, 1790, to take
the name of I>udley Atkins Tyng. See biographical sketches, Chapter XXHI.

* "Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 398-404.

* Essex Deeds, book 98, leaf 232.

• Essex Deeds, book 106, leaf 1 59.

^ Notice of the intended marriage of Henjamin Harris was filed with the town
clerk of Newbury SeptemlKjr 30, 1740.

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Benjamin Harris died March 8, 1773, and a few days later
the following notice was published in the Essex Gazette : —

Newbury- Port, March 12, 1773.
On the 8th Inftant died here, much lamented, Benjamin Harris, Efq. ;
aged 55 years, one of his Majefty*s Jui'tices of the Peace, only furviving
Son of the late Rev'd Henry Harris, King's Chaplain in Bofton. He
was for a number of years a principal merchant in this Town, in which
Station of Life he maintained a fair Character ; and by his fuperior
Judgment, and fmgular Knowledge in Bufmefs (which he was ever ready
to communicate) made himfelf very ufeful to his Brethren in Trade. —
He had a peculiar Turn for Society, and was highly acceptable to his
Friends. As to his domeftic Relations, he was a very tender Hufband
and Parent, a very kind, humane mafter. In the Courfe of his Affairs
he employed many People, by whom he was greatly refpected, and who
arc among the numerous and I'incere Mourners at his Uealh.'

The inscription on his tombstone in St. Paul's churchyard
reads as follows : —

Sacred to the Memory

of
Benjamin Harris, Esqr
who died March 8} I773i
Aged 55 years
This modest stone, what few proud marbles can,
May truly say ; Here lies a worthy man
Who never suffered fickle Fortune's power
To swell his Heart with Pride, or Temper sour
But passed the space to him by Heaven assigned
In useful actions and with cheerful mind.
When Death approached, with life quite satisfied
Thank*d Heaven that he had lived and that he died.

His widow, Lucy Harris, died October 15, 1776, aged fifty-
six.

William Farris, born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1753, came
to Newburyport in 1765, and was with Benedict Arnold in the
expedition to Quebec in 1775. H^ married Elizabeth, daugh-

* Essex Gazette, March 9-16, 1773 (l^ssex Institute, Salem, Mass.).

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ter of Joseph Laughton of Boston, soon after the close of the
Revolutionary war. Margaret, daughter of William and Eliz-
abeth l**arris, born in Ncwburyport T^cbruary i, 1786, was
baptized in St. Paul's church on the twelfth of March follow-
ing. Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughton) Farris died November 29,
1787, when only twenty-three years of age, and was buried
in St. Paul's churchyard.

Mr. Farris married Frances Jenkins, his second wife, De-
cember 15, 1789; and in company with Ebenezer Stocker,
under the firm name of Farris & Stocker, was for ten or
fifteen years engaged in mercantile pursuits.' lie was sub-
sequently apix)inted president of the Newburyport Marine
Insurance Company, and was elected representative to the
General Court eight consecutive years, his term of service
extending from May 30, 1827, to December, 1834. He died
November 22, 1837, and his widow, Frances (Jenkins) Farris,
died April 5, 1839. Hoth were buried in St. Paul's churchyard.

During the war between France and England, in 1 798, the
firm of Farris & Stocker met with reverses and retired from
business three or four years later. Subsequently, Mr. Farris
applied for and received a pension from the United States
government, as stated in the following petition : —

To the Honorable Lewis Cass,
Secretary of War.

William Farris of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, one of the surviving officers of the Navy of
the Revolution, asks leave respectfully to, Represent :

That under the late Act of Congress, of the 7th of June, A. D. 1832,
"supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and
soldiers of the Revolution," he made application conformably to the
regulations of your Department for its benefits, and a Certificate has
been issued to him which is numbered 21,294, by which he becomes en-
tided to a pension of seventy-two dollars per annum during his natural

> In 1798, Klienezer Stocker iMiilt and mi! iMcpiently occupied the dwelling houM
on High street n<»w known rr the C)l<l ]^<licff Home (**OuWI Newbury:'* Histori-
cal and Hiographical Sketches, page 173).

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life, and he has regularly received the amount due thereon, as far as the
fourth day of September last past ; but, in as much as your petitioner
apprehends, that an error has been committed in the computation of his
term of service, or that he may have been mis-apprehended, in the dec-
laration which he then made, as respects the different periods in which
he served, or the station which was assigned him in said service, he
would now pray your indulgence while he lays before you the whole
amount of what he believes lo be his just claims for further considera-
tion under the said Act, that such additional allowance may be awarded
to him as you shall believe him lo be entitled to receive under all the
circumstances of his case ; respectfully requesting, should further evi-
dence be required, he may be permitted to offer such as it may be within
his power to procure.

In his application to your Department in July, 1 832, your petitioner
stated that he was at Quebec as first officer of the Ship Mary Ann, be-
longing to Boston, in the summer of the year 1775, and there made ar-
rangements with Captain Hector McNiel, and was under further engage-
ment with him for a voyage and as first Officer of a vessel, in the
Merchants service with him, and while thus engaged, and before the
lading of the vessel, information was received of an expedition under-
taken by General Arnold, in the service of the United States, who was
then on his way through the woods. To the best of his remembrance.
General Arnold appeared with his Army in Che month of November of
that year, and immediately thereupon a proclamation was issued by
Lieutenant Governor Crambries requiring every Individual in the City
to take arms in its defence, or depart therefrom within three days, and
declaring all who did not thus manifest their allegiance Rebels and Spies.
Your petitioner did not hesitate to make his election, but immediately
procured a passport, leaving all his effects behind him, excepting only
such few articles as were necessary for a change, and those contained in
a single handkerchief, left the City,' and proceeded lo join the standard
of his country, under General Arnold, who was then at about thirteen
miles distance ; he was favorably received by the General, and was im-
mediately stationed by him at a place called Point aux Trembles, and
there given in charge* the care of several vessels, which had been cap-
tured from the British, and placed in a small creek at that place ; from
these vessels various articles which were considered useful and necessary
for the American Army were selected and sent down from thence by
land. At this place he was stationed during the whole of the following
Winter, having with him an officer from General Arnold's Army, and a
few soldiers, for the protection of this property. On the breaking up of
the ice in the spring following, he was sent across the river to direct

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some Canadians, who were employed for that purpose, in making a num-
ber of sweeps, or large bars, for the use of gondolas, which were to be
employed in transporting heavy cannon, and as soon as the Ice was
sufficiently cleared away he was appointed to the command of the
Schooner Isalnilla, one of the prises which had been captured from the
Bntish, mounting four carriage guns, and with this vessel was ordered
lor Montreal, as a transport, with supplies for the American army. On
arriving at said Montreal, it was found that General Arnold had been
superceded in the command at Quebec, and that information had been
received of the arrival of a British fleet, upon which General Arnold
immediately ordered all the materials which were considered useful and
proper for the American Army to be selected, and these were laden and
put on board the said Schooner, which was then under the command of
your petitioner, and General Arnold, Colonel Burr, and several other
officers of the American Army look passage in said Schooner with him
and went down to the River Sorcel, where reinforcements for the Army
were arriving, and at that place said Schooner was hauled in near the
banks, and the General and all his officers continued on board several
days, having no convenient place on shore for their accommodation.

When it became necessary to leave the said Schooner, there appearing
no further use for her, or for the services of your petitioner at that place,
he procured a passport from Colonel Burr, with which about the middle
of June, 1776, he proceeded for the United States, with a view of enter-
ing the Navy, having been employed in the service of the United States,
having the charge of said prises, and in the command of said Schooner,
the full term of seven months. In this service and in this station, al-
though a volunteer, he humbly conceives that under the provisions of
the said Act, he became entitled to your consideration, notwithstanding
he has not at this day any document which shall evidence his appoint-
ment, or may not be able to offer further evidence than that which may
be found in the rolls of the War Department, if such have been pre-
served. Your petitioner would further respectfully represent, that after
wards, in the year 1 776, and to the best of his present recollection, in
the month of August, or September at farthest of that year, he entered
the Navy of the United States, and served as midshipman in the United
States Frigate Boston, then under the command of Captain Hector Mc-
Niel, and in the Summer of the year 1777 sailed in her as such on a
cruise in company with the United States Frigate Hancock, commanded
by Captain Manley, and was absent on that cruise until the Autumn of
1777, when she returned to the United States. On her return, there
having been a disagreement between the Lieutenants, Master, and other
Officers of the Frigate and Captain McNiel, they left the Ship, and pre-

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ferred charges against the commanding officer, which were made the sub-
ject of a Court of Inquiry, and under the direction of Captain McNiel,
your petitioner was appointed and acted in the capacity of a Lieutenant,
and in attending to the repairs, recruiting, and refitting the Frigate and
preparing her for Sea, so served until she was fully in readiness, in the
daily expectation of receiving a commission as Lieutenant, having had
assurances from Captain McNiel that such would be furnished him be-
fore proceeding on another cruise. Captain McNiel was, however, super,
ceeded, and Captain Tucker was appointed to the command, and on his
arrival brought with him the officers which had been selected and ap.
pointed to serve with him, and there remained no further service for your
petitioner which he could perform with honor to himself or benefit to his
country on board that Ship, and remained ashore. In this service your
petitioner had been actually employed the full term of twenty-one
months, as stated in his declaration now in your Department, and his
whole term of service, two years and four months, several months of
which was in the capacity of Lieutenant on board said Frigate, although
not commissioned, and holding only his Warrant as Midshipman as
aforesaid. If therefore he be considered as entitled to the benefit of the
said Act which provides, as he believes, full pay for Officers and Seamen
who shall have served the full term of Two years, he would respectfully
ask, whether the time which he served as a volunteer at Quebec, as com-
mander of said Schooner Isabella, which was then admitted to be use-
full, will not entitle him to further consideration in the appointment of
pension than that which is allowed to soldiers and Seamen. Your peti-
tioner is not now receiving any benefit from the Act of Congress of the
1 8th of March, 1818, which made provision for him as a Midshipman in
the Navy on Continental Establishment, as will be seen by reference to
the record in the War office, he did indeed make application for the
benefits of that act, and in the declaration which he then made of his
service, it was not required that further seivice should be shewn than
what established Nine months service on the Continental Establishment,
no other provision being made by said act than what was established for
Officers and seamen. Certificate was issued to him as of the latter, and
under that Certifica[te, which was numbered 2638, he was entitled to
Eight dollars per month, which he continued to receive until by a subse-
quent Law of Congress, he was required to submit a schedule of his
estate to your department, to do which your petitioner, although in cir-
cumstances in life absolutely requiring the aid of his country for sup-
port, was apprehensive would wound the feelings of his family and
friends, and not having rendered such Schedule was dropped from said
Roll, and has not since received any benefit therefrom. Your petitioner

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asks leave further to represent that it is not now in his power to state
the amount of pay allowed him while commanding officer of said Schoon-
er or that of Midshipman on board said Frigate, and can only expect
the apportionment that had been made to others for similar service.
That he is now in the Eightieth year of his age, and under the necessity
of rel3nng on this provision made by his country to support him in his
declining years.

William Farris.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

EssRX, ss. Newburyport, Nov. 2, 1833. Then personally came
William Farris, within named, and on oalli declared in due form of Law,
that all the facts contained in the witliin written application by him sub-
scribed are correct and true, according to his best knowledge, before me,

W. Wo ART, Justice of the Peace. ^

Jonathan Greknleaf, son of Daniel and Sarah (Moocly)
(jrccnlcaf, was Ixjrn in 1723, in the town of Newbury. When
only .seven years of a^e, his father having been drowned two
years previously, leaving bis mother in destitute circumstances,
he was bound by a written contract to serve as an apprentice
to Edward Presbury, who owned and occupied a ship-yard on
Water street, near the foot of Chandler's lane, now Federal
street, Newburyport. In 1744, he married Mary, daughter
of his master, Edward Presbury, and probably lived in a house
on the southwesterly side of Water street, near the residence
of his father-in-law. In October, 1747, he purchased land
between the house where he resided and the house of Nathan
Brown, and in December of the same year bought of Edward
Presbury a small lot of land bounded in part by the land
purchased in ()clol>er.*

He was a ship-carpenter, and began building ships on his
own account previous to 1750. A crockery punch bowl, pre-

* Papers and public documents formerly in the possession of the late Hon.
Jeremiah Nelson, member of congress from the Fourth Massachusetts district, re-
cently presented to the Old Newhury Historical Society.

• Essex Deeds, hook 93, leaves 102 ami 120.

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^'i-l't'

sented to him by
a merchant in Ed-
inburgh, Scotland,
for whom he had
built several ves-
sels, is now in the
lK)sscssi()n of his
great-great - grand -

daughter, Mrs. Henry B. Little of Newburyport. This bowl
is shown in the engravings on this page. On the inside is the

figure of a ship,
flying the provin-
cial flag, with the
inscription : —

A Ship at Lanch

lonathaii Greenleaf

1752

On the sixth of
June, 1765, he
bought of Isaac
Johnson onc-un-
divided-eighth part of the lower long wharf, with the ware-
house thereon, and in the month of September following
Joseph Swasey conveyed to him one-undivided-twenty-fourth
part of the ** land granted by the town of Newbury to
Build a Wharf upon at the lower end of Chandler's lane, or
King street, so called, together with the wharf thereupon com-
monly called Lower Long Wharf, or King Wharf, now in New-
buryport, together with all the Priviledges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging."' One year later he purchased of the
proprietors of the town of Newbury land adjoining the above-
described property, and in 1769 one-undivided-sixth part of
the wharf was conveyed to him by Wood bridge Cottle and

1 Essex Deeds, txx)k 1 18, leaves 24, 26 and 28.

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Benjamin Lunt.' In 1770, Isaac Johnson sold the building
yard that his father gave him by will, adjoining the lower
long wharf, to Jonathan Greenleaf."

At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Grecnleaf
was a member of the committee of correspondence, inspection
and safety,' and was a delegate to the provincial congress
held at Cambridge in February, and at Watertown in May,
1775.* He was associated with Stephen and Ralph Cross in
building the frigate Boston, mounting twenty-four guns, the
Hancock, thirty-two guns, and the Protector, twenty guns, for
Massachusetts, in 1776 and 1778,' and was a member of the
convention called for the purpose of framing a new constitu-
tion for the state in 1780. He represented Newburyport,
from 1769 to 1780, at the annual sessions of the General
Court, except for the year 1776, and was a member of the
state senate in 1780, 1781, and 1 782, a representative to the
(icneral Court in 1787, 1788 and 1789 and state senator in
1 790 and 1 79 1. He was a man of great executive ability,
with a good share of common sense and a profound knowledge
of human nature. By his persuasive speech and conciliatory
manner he was able to overcome his political opponents and
secure the adoption of measures that were sometimes vigorously
opposed. In his later years, he generally wore shoes with oval
silver buckles, knee breeches, a dark blue coat with brass
buttons, a ruffled shirt, a i30wdered wig and a cocked hat.
He died May 24, 1807, and was buried in the Old Hill
burying ground, near the Pond street entrance, a few rods in
a northwesterly direction from the graves of Nathaniel Tracy
and Rev. Thomas Cary.

The inscription on his gravestone reads as follows : —

' Enex Dee<ls, book 121, leaf 92; and book 129, leaf 19.

* Essex Deedi, book 129, leaf 19; and History of Newbury (Currier), page 480.

• Hiitory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 535 and 555 note.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 537.

• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 572 and 587.

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Sacred

To the Memory of

The Honorable Jonathan Greenleaf Esq.

professor of religion in youth, a ruling Elder in the

Church & member of the Legislature & Council of

Massachusetts. Likewise of Mrs. Mary Greenleaf,

his Wife. They were united in the Married State

62 years ; they were distant in birth a few months, in

death a fortnight, each expiring about the age of 84,

May, 1807.

Jonathan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf had nine chil-
dren,— six sons and three daughters. Two sons and one
daughter died in infancy or early childhood. The names of
the children who lived to a mature age are as follows : —

Simon, bom in 1752 ; married Hannah Osgood of Andover; died in 1776.
Sarah, bom May 31, 1753; married Capt. William Pierce Johnson in

October, 1770; died Febmar)' 3, 1839.
Moses, bom May 19, 1755 ; married Lydia Parsons September 17, 1776;

died December 18, 1812.
Enoch, bom October 11, 1757; married Mary Stone, and afterward

Dorothy IngersoM ; died Jan. 9, 1798.
Catherine, bom Nov. 12, 1 759; married Anthony Davenport Nov. 25, 1 788;

died November 15, 1838.
Richard, bom July 3, 1 762 ; married Marcia Tappan October 2, 1 762 ;

died Febmary 11,1 796.

riiiLiP CooMii.s was l)()ni on the i.sland of Guernsey, in the
English channel, in the year 1705. He came to Newbury,
Mass., at a very early age, and purchased, November 30,
1734, of Ralph Cross, a dwelling house on Water street, with
land extending to the Merrimack river.* He married, July
10, 173s, Lydia, daughter of William and Martha (Pierce)
Johnson of Newbury."

Philip Coombs was a shii>carpenter, and during the war

* Emcx Deedt, book 78, leaf 261.

s William Johnioii, by his will, dated March 12, 1739* and proved July 6, 1 741
gave to his daughter, '* Lydia Coombs," several acres of land and a silver mug.

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"between France and England, in 1756, he went with Stephen
and Ralph Cross and others to the eastern shore of Lake
Ontario, where he was employed for several months in build-
ing sloops and whaleboats for the transportation of troops
and munitions of war.' At the surrender of Fort Osw^o, he
was taken prisoner, carried to France, and imprisoned at
Dijon, where he died January 2, 1757.

The following-named children of Philip and Lydia (John-
son) Coombs were born in Newbury, now Newburyport : —

William, bom in September, 1 736.

Martha, *' May 29, 1739 y i^^rried Benj. Knight Nov, 25, 1762 ;

died December 24, 1 806.
Lydia, " in 1742 ; married William Knapp July 2, 1761.
Betty, " June 8, 1 744 ; married probably Robert Lascomb,

and afterward William Bartlet.
John, " March 23, 1746-7.
Mary, " February 7, 1747-8.

Wii.iJAM CooMiis, son of Philip and Lydia (Johnson)
Coombs, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, in Sep-
tember, 1736. He learned the trade of a ship-carpenter, and
went to Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, with his father, in
the war of 1756. lie was taken prisoner, carried to France,
and confined for several months in a stone fortress at Dijon.
After his release he returned to Newbury, and married, July
17, 1760, Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Moody)
Greenleaf. He lived for many years in the house that his
father had previously occupied, on Water street, between
Federal and Lime streets.

Nine children were born to William and Jane (Greenleaf)
Coombs, as follows : —

Lydia, bom December 7, 1761 ; died May 5, 1785, unmarried.
Jane, " Jan. 22, 1 764 ; married Ebenezer Greenleaf Dec. 28, 1 796 ;

died in 1849.

* History of Newbury (Currier), pages 560-564; History of Newburyport (Mrs,
E. Vale Smith), pages 381-383.

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Anna, bom Mar. 23, 1765 ; married Ebenr Wheelwright May 10, 1791

William, " June 25, 1767.

Mary, " Feb. 1 3, 1 769 ; married Luther Waterman May 24, 1 798.

Philip, *» July 10, 1770; married Elizabeth Harrod July 7, 1799.
Abigail, " in March, 1772; died September 13, 1773.

Elizabeth,** Aug. 8, 1773; married Rev. Daniel Dana Dec. 30, 1800.

Susanna, ** Nov. 4, 1779; married Rev. Samuel Dana April 12, 1801 ;

died September 13, 1805.

Jane (Greenleaf) Coombs died April 9, 1783, and William
Coombs married, for his second wife, Michal Jenkins, widow
of Robert Jenkins, October 21, 1784.' There was only one
child by this marriage, Lydia, born January i, 1786. She
died August 19, 1812.

At an early age, Mr. Coombs became interested in com-
mercial affairs, and had command of a ship engaged in the
West India trade. At the beginning of the Revolutionary
war he brought a large supply of arms and ammunition from
the island of Gaudeloupe for the use of the Continental army.
When peace was declared he was an active and enterprising
merchant in Newburyport, and soon became one of the largest
importers of foreign merchandise in the town. In 1783, he
built and afterwards occupied the three-story brick dwelling
house on the southwesterly side of Water street, near the
corner of Lime street.' A large garden, extending back to
Milk street, filled with fruit trees and flowering shrubs, added
to the dignity and elegance of the mansion that s now a
somewhat dilapidated two-tenement boarding house.

He was one of the contributors to the fund raised in New-
buryport in 1 798 for the purpose of building the ship Merri-
mack for the United States government, and was elected rep-
resentative to the General Court for the session beginning

^ Robert Jenkini married Michal Marquand December 30, 1 764. Children:
Sarah, bom November 2 7, 1765; married William Wesley Prout. Robert, married
Elizabeth Fouquet. Frances, married, December 15, 1789, William Farris.
Elizabeth (?), married Israel (?) Young.

* Essex Deeds, book 141, leaf 102.

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May 29, 1799, being re-elected for three consecutive years.
He was treasurer of the Newburyport Marine Society from
November 13, 1772, to Novemljer 2, 1775; vice-president
from November 2, 1775, to November 6, 1777; and presi-
dent from November 28, 1782, to November 29, 1804. He
died May 27, 1814, and was buried in the Old Hill burying
ground. His widow, Michal (Jenkins-Marquand) Coombs,
died November 23, 1834.

MiciiAKL Dalton, son of Philemon and Abigail Ualton,
was born in Hampton, N. H., February 22, 1709. He came
to Newbury, Mass., at a very early age, and after several
voyages to the West Indies, as an ordinary seaman, he was
placed in command of a ship, and was soon a ship owner and
large importer of West India goods. He married, February
5, 1733-4, Mary, daughter of Tristram Little, and lived for
ten or twelve years in a dwelling house on the northerly,
or northwesterly, side of Market square. He was one of the
prominent members of St. Paul's church when it was organized^
in 1 738, and contributed liberally to its support. In 1746,
he bought about three acres of land on Fish street, now
State street, Newburyport, where he erected a fine large
dwelling house, now owned and occupied as a club house by
the members of the Dalton club. In 1 765, he purchased a
wharf at the foot of Queen, now Market, street, and built a
distillery which he operated for several years. He died
March i, 1776, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.*

The following notice was published in the Essex Gazette,
March 6-13, \^^h : —

Newbury-Port, March i.
This Day died here, after a lingering Indifpofition, and the Monday
following was decently interred, Michael Dalton, Efq ; He was a Gentle-
man much esteemed in this Place, and his Death of Confequence much
bmented. His religious Character was very exemplary ; He was a con-

* " Ould Newbury:** IliKtorical and IMogrnphical Sketches, pages 475-477.

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ftant and devout Communicant in the Church ; to which he was a great
Benefactor. He was a good member of Society ; a hofpitable man, and,
while in Health, a focial, agreeable Companion ; very amiable in his
domeftic Relations ; a great Friend to the Poor, many of whom he em-
ployed and fupported, and by whom his memory is bleffed.'

Tristram Dalton, son of Michael and Mary (Little)
Dalton, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May 28,
1738. He graduated at Harvard college in 1755, and mar-
ried, October 24, 1758, Ruth, daughter of Robert Hooper of
Marblehead. Previous to the Revolutionary war, he was en-
gaged in agricultural and commercial pursuits, and was after-
wards elected representative to the General Court for several
years in succession. At the first session of congress, after
the adoption of the constitution of the United States, he was
a senator from Massachusetts. His term of office expired in
March, 1791. When Washington, D. C, was selected as the
permanent seat of the government,he sold his proi^rty in New-
bury and Newburyport and removed to Washington. In 1815,
owing to financial reverses and heavy losses in real estate, he
returned to Massachusetts and accepted a clerkship in the
Boston custom house. He died in Boston May 30, 181 7,
and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburyport.'

Peter Le Breton, son of Anthony and Mary Le Breton,
was born in the city of Nantes, France, October 17, 1745.
At a very early age he went to the island of Gaudaloupc, in
the West Indies, where his brother Stephen had a plantation,
but was advised, on account of ill health, to make a trip to
New England, in 1766. He came to Newburyport, and
boarded for several years in the family of Capt. William
Noyes, on Liberty street, devoting most of his time to mer-
cantile pursuits. Meeting with reverses, he decided to turn

^ Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

* For additional facts relating to the life of Tristram Dalton, see biographical
sketch, by Hon. Eben F. Stone, published in the Historical Collections of the
Essex Institute, volume XXV; '^Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical
Sketches, pages 475-483; History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 568.

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his attention to maritime affairs, and soon became a ship-
master and ship-owner.'

He married Elizabeth Pearson April 28, 1776; and pur-
chasedy May 20, 1 yjy^ " land on a way two rods broad for-
merly called new lain,"' now Middle street, where he built
a two-story dwelling house, which he owned and occupied for
many years.^ His wife died in December, 1781, and he mar-
ried, March 4, 1 783, Elizabeth Sawyer. He died February
24, 1 81 3. The members of St. Peter's and St. Mark's lodges
of F*ree and Accepted Masons attended the funeral services
lit his residence on Middle street. His widow, Elizabeth
(Sawyer) Le Breton, died May 4, 1822.

Peter and Elizabeth (Pearson) Le Breton had a son, Peter,
bom August 6, i jyy^ and a daughter, Eliza, born May 22, 1 780.
Eliza Le Breton married David Stickney January 4, 1805.
Mr. Stickney died in 1820, and his widow married, in 1826,
Rev. Henry C. Wright of West Newbury. Peter Le Breton,
jr., born in 1777, married Tabitha Lewis of Marblehead in
September, 1800. The children of Peter and Tabitha (Lewis)
Le Breton were as follows : —

Peter, bom Feb. 15, 1802; married Sarah Kllen Chase Nov. 2, 1823.
Elizabeth, bom Aug. 21, 1803; married Henry Johnson April 10, 1823.
Edmund Lewis, bom Mar. 7, 1 805 ; married Lucy O. Prescott, daughter

of Oliver Prescott, Sept. i , 1 829.
Mary Anthony, bom Dec. 20, 1806; married Henry Johnson May 4, 1829.
Stephen, bom October 30, 1808; died, unmarried, Nov. 4, 1834.
Caroline Lewis, bora Feb. 11, 181 1; married John Stephen Bartlett

in July, 1832. He died in 1840, and

.she married, in May, 1842, Capt.

William Hammond of Marblehead.
George Washington, bom May 5, 1813 ; killed in a fight with the Indians

in Oregon March 6, 1844.

* John Woodwell, Enoch Hale and others built for Captain Le Breton the brig
Peter, in I794» the ship William P. Johnson, in 1804, and the ship Hercules in 181 o.

* Eatex Deeds, book 135, leaf 142.

' When Fair itreet was laid out in 1782, the house was then standing on the
northwesterly comer of that street and Middle street.

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Patrick Tracy was probably bom in the county of Wex-
ford, Ireland, In 171 1. He came to Newbury, Mass., at a
very early age, and soon became a prominent shii>master and
ship owner. He married, January 23, 1742, Hannah Carter
of Hampton, N. H. She died March 27, 1746; and Cap-
tain Tracy married his second wife, Hannah Gookin of
Hampton, July 25, 1749. Soon after that date, he purchased
a dwelling house, with a small lot of land, on the southwest-
erly side of Water street, near the foot of State street, where
two sons, Nathaniel and John Tracy, and one daughter, Han-
nah, who married Jonathan Jackson, were born.

Mrs. Hannah (Gookin) Tracy died August 20, 1756, and
Captain Tracy married, for his third wife, Mary, widow of
Michael Dalton, March 23, 1773. There were no children
by this last marriage.

Captain Tracy was one of the petitioners to the General
Court, in 1763, for the incorporation of Ncwburyport, and
was afterwards a prominent merchant in the new town and a
large importer of foreign merchandise. In 1774, he was a
member of the committee of safety and an active supporter
of the provincial government during the Revolutionary war.
He died February 28, 1789, and was buried in St. Paul's
churchyard.* A portrait of Captain Tracy, painted by an
unknown artist, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the
opposite page.

Nicholas Tracv was pmbably born in Wexford county,
province of Lemster, Ireland, in 1726. He came to Newbury
at a very early age, and for several years was employed as an
ordinary seaman in the coasting trade. He married Miriam,
daughter of Col. Moses Titcomb of Newbury, in 1750, prob-
ably, and soon after that date had command of a small vessel,
in which he made several profitable voyages to the West

> For further details relating to the business career of Patrick Tracy and hi»
sons Nathaniel and John Tracy, see ** Quid Newbury " : Historical and Biograph-
ical Sketches, pages 545-585.

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Indies and Europe. When Ncwburyport was incorporated^
in 1764, he owned a dwelling house on ** new lane," now
Middle street, Newburyport. The children of Nicholas and
Miriam (Tit comb) Tracy, bom in Newbury and Newbury-
port, were as follows : —

Robert, bom August 28, 1752; died, unmarried, Dec. 16, 1804.'
Kli/abeth, " January 13, 1771 ; died December 20, 1772.
Nicholas, " July 24, 1773; died July 26, 181 1.»

In 1769, Capt. Nicholas Tracy purchased one-twentieth
part of the Upper Long wharf, at the foot of Queen, now
Market street, Newburyix)rt, and in 1772 and 1784 bought of
Tristram Dalton, William Atkins, John Tracy and others
their undivided interests in this wharf property, including the
warehouses and other buildings thereon.

He died May 23, 1787, and was buried in the Old Hill
burying ground. Three years previous to that date he pur-
chased a dwelling house on the northwesterly corner of State
and High strect.s, which he owned and occupied at the time
of his death.*

His will, dated January 17, 1787, and proved June 13,
1 787, provided for the settlement of his real and personal
estate, as follows :* One-third to his wife Miriam ; the use
and occupation of a dwelling house on the northwesterly side
of Queen, now Market, street, to his son Robert, and the
rest and residue to liis son Nicholas. The will al.so provided
that in case the said son Nicholas should die before he
reached the age of twenty-one years, the real estate devised
to him should become the property of Matthew and John
Tracy, brothers, and Catherine Devereux, sister, of the testa-
tor, "all of the kingdom of Jreland."

' Gravestone in the Old Hill burying ground.

* Gravestone in St. PauPs churchyard.
' Essex Deeds, book 142, leaf 214.

* Essex Probate Records, book 359, leaf 1 10.

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In the inventory of his estate, filed in the probate court at
Salem, Mass,, are the following items : —

Mansion House and Store, with land on Fish street, j^45o.o.o

Dwelling: House and Harn, with land on Queen street, 260.0.0

Dwelling House, with land on New Lane (so called), 300.0.0

18 1-2 rights in Queen Wharf, 450.0.0

On a gravestone in the Old Hill burying ground is the fol-
lowing inscription : '* Miriam Tracy, relict of Capt. Nicholas
Tracy, died October 28, 18 10, aged 78."

Nicholas, son of Capt. Nicholas and Miriam Tracy, born in
Newburyport July 24, 1773, married Lydia St. Barbe of Mar-
blehead March 19, 1795. Nicholas and Lydia (St. Barbe)
Tracy had one son and four daughters, bom in Newbury-
port, as follows : —

Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1796; married, Nov. 22, 1818, Charles Massey
of Portland, Me.; died in Louisville, Ky., June 1, 1851.
Nicholas, bom June 19, 1797; died April 10, 1798.
Eleanor St. Barbe, born June 1 3, 1 799 ; married Joseph Eustis October

2, 1 820 ; died Jiyie 1 7, 1 889.

Henrietta Louisa, bom Sept. 5, 1802 ; married George Brooks of Portland,

Maine, Nov. 16, 1825; died in Sudbury, Mass., March 19, 1878.

Harriet Maria, bom July 5, 1805 ; married John Adams Smith in Febm-

ary, 1H25 ; he died Sept. 27, 1833. She then married Rev. John W.

Ellingwood of Bath, Maine; died in Portland, Me., Jan. 19, 1879.

Nicholas, son of Capt. Nicholas Tracy, died in Newbury-
port July 26, 181 1, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.
From an inventory of his estate, filed in the probate court
December 5, 181 1, it appears that he owned at the time of
his death a dwelling house, with the land under and adjoining
the same, on the northwesterly corner of State and High
streets, valued at ^4,000 ; dwelling house and land on Middle
street, 1 1,500; dwelling house and land on Market street,
1(2,500; wharf, with buildings thereon, at the foot of Market
street, 1(8,333 ; pew in St. Paul's church, %%o ; pew in Rev.
Mr. Andrews* meeting-house, %%o ; farm in Salisbury, with

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buildings thereon, 1^4, scx); and other items of real and per-
sonal estate.'

Lydia (St. Barbe), widow of Nicholas Tracy, died in Boston
December 2, 1832.

Jonathan Jackson, son of Edward and Dorothy (Quincy)
Jackson, was born in Boston June 4, 1743. He graduated at
Harvard in 1761, and soon after that date accepted a ix>sition
as clerk with Capt. Patnck Tracy, who was a large importer
of West India goods and merchandise in Newburyport. He
married, Januaiy 3, 1767, Sarah Barnard of Salem. She died
June 22, 1770;* and he married, for his second wife, Hannah,
daughter of Captain Tracy.' In 1771, he built and after-
ward occupied the three-story dwelling house on High street
sold to ** Lord Timothy Dexter '* in 1798.

He was a member of the committee of safety, correspond-
ence and inspection, in 1774 and 1775,'* and was elected rep-
resentative to the General Court in 1776 and 1777. For
nearly twelve months he was an active member of the board
of war, established by the provincial government at Water-
town, but resigned December 6, i Tj6^ in order to devote the
whole of his time to the discharge of his duties as represent-
ative. May 2, 1782, he was chosen a delegate from the
state of Massachusetts to the Continental congress, then in
session at Philadelphia, and took his seat on the third of July
following.

In 1784, the firm of Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, meri:hants
and importers, became involved in financial difficulties, and
the senior partner, Mr. Jackson, went to Europe, hoping to
make a favorable settlement with creditors there. His efforts,
however, were unsuccessful, and in May, 1785, he returned

' Essex Probate Records, book 381, leaf 468.

* See obituary notice in Essex Gazette, June 19-26, 1770.

* "Married at Hampton Falls yesterday se'n night [June 2, 1772] Mr. Jonathan
Jackson of Newbury Port, merchant, to Miss Hannah I'racey, only daughter of
Mr. Patrick Tracey of that place (Essex Gazette, June 2-9, 1772 (Essex Insti-
tute, Salem, Mass.).

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 535 and 555.

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home, and soon after removed his family to Boston. * Two or
three years later he returned to Newburyport and occupied a
part of the three-story brick dwelling house on State street
now known as the Public Library building. He was elected
a member of the Massachusetts senate for the session be-
ginning May 27, 1789, and in 1790 was appointed one of the
commissioners to take the census for the United States gov-
ernment. In May, 1795, he sold his dwelling house on High
street to Capt. Thomas Thomas, and again removed with his
family to lioston, where he died in March, 1810.'

Jeremiah O'Brien was captain of the sloop Unity when
she captured the British armed cutter Margaretta, in Machias
harbor, June 12, 1775. In the month of August following.
Captain O'Brien was appointed, by the colony of Massachu-
setts Bay, commander of the sloop Machias Liberty and the
schooner Diligent, and provided with arms and ammunition
for the defence of the sea-coast. After a cruise of nearly six
months, he arrived in Newburyport, and February 8, 1776,
was instructed by the General Court to purchase additional
supplies and sail as soon as possible with a full complement
of officers and men on a second cruise.' He remained in the
service of the colony until September, 1777. In 1780, he was
master of the ship Hannibal, a privateer, built in Newburyport.
The ship was captured in the vicinity of New York by two
English frigates. The crew was released, but Captain O'Brien
was taken to England and confined in Mill prison. He died
in Machias, Maine, September 5, 1818, aged seventy-four.

* ** Monday last arrived here the ship Ceres — Captain St Barbe — in 20 days (roni
Cork. In her came iMiasenf^ers 1 he lion. Jonathan Jackson and Nathaniel Tracy
Eiquire, of this town '* (Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, May 18,

1 785).

• For a more extended account of Jonathan Jackson, see **Ould Newbury:"
Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 564-568; History of Newburyport
(Currier), volume I, pages 532-535, 564-574, and Memoirs Dr. James Jackson,
pages 26-67.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 569-571 and 612.

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John, William and Joseph, brothers of Capt. Jeremiah
O'Brien, came to Newburyport as early as 1778, and perhaps
earlier. John O'Brien was appointed captain of the brigantine
Adventure, a letter-of-marque, owned by Caleb Toppan, and
received his commission January 5, 1 779.' On the seven-
teenth of May following, he was placed in command of the
schooner Hibemia, a privateer of about seventy tons regis-
ter, William O'Brien, lieutenant.* He sailed from Newbury-
port on the ninth of June, and during the next two or three
months captured several prizes, which he sent into port.

He married, sometime during the year 1779, Hannah Top-
pan, and purchased, October 23, 1781, land on Water street,
" partly bounded by an alley or drift way laid down by William
Arnold," with a dwelling house thereon, previously occupied
as a post-office.J He was elected a member of the Newbury-
port Marine Society November 25, 1785.

Four sons and three daughters, children of John and Hannah
(Toppan) O'Brien, were born in Newburyport, as follows: —

Polly, bom May 5, 1782.

Marcy, " March 6, 1784.4

John, " September 9, 1 786.

Jeremiah, " November 7, 1790.

Richard Morris, '' Nov. 12, 1792.

Richard Morris, " March 14, 1795.

Hannah, " September 5, 1797.

The following advertisement was published in the Essex
Journal and New Hampshire Packet March 28, 1792 : —

To be sold by John O'Brien in Newbur)port the three story dwelling^
house in which he lives being in a pleasant situation and the very centre
of business. Should it be most agreeable to the Purchaser he will give
very long Credit to whom also he wishes to sell his whole stock in Trade,
consisting of English and India Goons on reasonable terms.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 641.
• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 634.
' Essex Deeds, book 13S, leaf 281.

^She married Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin. He was president of the college ia
Waterville, Maine, now Colby University.

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October 8, 1 799, Captain O'Brien bought of Richard Pike
about three acres of land on the southwesterly side of High
street, between Federal and Lime streets, and built the three-
story dwelling house that is still standing there/

He resigned his membership in the Newburyport Marine
Society November 27, 18 17, and probably removed to Bruns-
wick, Maine, soon after that date. May 19, 1820, he sold
the house on High street to Jacob Gerrish, esq. October 14,
1843, 't came into the possession of Nathaniel Hills, esq.,
and is now Ihc pro|)crty of his son. Dr. John M. Hills of
New York City.*

William O'Brien was lieutenant of the privateer Hibemia
when she sailed from Newburyport in June, 1779. After
several successful cruises in that vessel, he married, April 22,
1 780, Ly<lia Tappan of Newburyiwrt. At the close of the
Rcvohitionary war he found employment in the merchant ser-
vice, and made several voyages as captain of a small schooner
to the West Indies. He was probably lost at sea, or died in
a foreign jwrt. His brother, John O'Brien, was appointed
administrator of his estate March 27, 1786, and two or three
months later the judge of probate declared the estate insolvent.

Joseph O'Brien married Rebecca Moody November 7,
1 786, and on the tenth of September, 1 789, he bought of
Edward Harris one-undivided-half of a dwelling house on the
northwesterly side of King, now Federal, street, with the
land under and adjoining the same.^

Joseph and Rebecca (Moody) O'Brien had six sons and
three daughters, born in Newburyport, as follows : —

Dennis, bom August 5, 1787.

David, '* June 15, 1789; died July 17, 181 1.

* Kffiex Deecls, book 166, leaf 89.

' Kmex DeedR, txiok 347, leaf 170; and book 339, leaf 398.

' Kiwex Deeds, book 150, leaf 186.

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Joseph, bom July 21, 1791 ; married Hetsey Hcirllett Mar. 22, 1819.

Mary Johnson, " April 23, 1794 ; died August 4, 1794.

Thomas Moody, '* November 10, 1795.

William Moody, ** September 2, 1 797 ; died in infancy.

Harriot, " September 4, 1 799.

William Moody, " May i, 1802.

Valeria, " May 10, 1804.

June 20, 1817, he purchased a three-story dwelling house
on the northeasterly side of High street, between Federal and

K|.:siIiKNCR OK JOSKIMI O'lJRlliN.

Lime streets, built probably by Samuel Swett in the year
1800/ In 1822, or 1823, Mr. O'Brien removed to Reading,
Pennsylvania, with his family, and sold his house in Newbury-

'I'hc land on which this houso stamis was sold to Siunuel Swell July 3, 1799,
no buildings being mentioned (Essex Deeds, book 166, leaf 124). U came into
the possession of Isaac Park of Boston September 26, 1814 (Book of Executions,
No. 2, leaf 96); and he conveyed the house and land to Joseph O'Brien June 20,
18 1 7, as stated alwve (Essex Heeds, lx>ok 214, leaf 130).

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port to Charles W. Storey, who was for more than twenty
years a prominent merchant in Havana^ Cuba.'

Moses I^rown, son of Edward and Dorothy (Pike) Brown,
was bom January 23, 1742, on Ring's island, in the town of
Salisbury, near the old ferry landing-place, opposite the foot
of State street, Newburyport.

When only fifteen years of age, he was bound an appren-
tice to Capt. William Coffin, and sailed with him, in October,
1757, in the sloop Swallow, for Halifax, returning to New-
buryiwrt in the month of November following. He subse-
quently made several voyages to the West Indies and the
continent of Europe. His apprenticeship covered a period of
six years, terminating, according to agreement, in June, 1763.

He married, September 6, 1 764, Sarah, daughter of Joseph
and Abigail (Thomas) Coffin, and sailed, one week later, in
the sloop Merrimack, Capt. William Friend, for Antigua. In
1767, he was captain of the schooner Phoebe, and retained
that position for five years, when he took command of the
brig Martha, and sailed for St. Eustatius. The homeward
voyage was exceedingly boisterous, the vessel sprang a leak
and was abandoned at sea. The officers and crew, rescued
by the schooner Polly, were landed at Santa Cruz. Captain
Brown arrived home January 2, 1 774, after an absence of
fifteen months.

The memorable and interesting incidents connected with
his career in the Revolutionary war and his service as com-
mander of the sloop-of-war Merrimack, built in Newburyport
in 1798, have been described elsewhere, and need not be
reprinted here.*

* Essex Deeds, book 232, leaf 244. Mr. Storey died in Havana January 8,
1845, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport. I lis daughter, Lydia
M. Storey, having come into possession of the property by inheritance and purchase,
conveyed it, May 8, 1892, to Nathaniel N. Jones, esq., who sold it in November,
1908, to Mrs. Clara Erskine (Clement) Waters, the present owner and occupant.

* Biographical Sketch, by Samuel Swett (1846); History of Newburyport (Mrs.
E. Vale Smith), pages no- 1 14, and 352-356 ; Moses Brown, Captain, U. S. A.
(Edgar Stanton Maclay); History of Newlwiryport (Currier), volume I, pages
112-114, 61 1 -614, and 630-633.

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At the close of the war between France and England, in
1 80 1, Captain Brown was honorably discharged from the
United States navy. He soon found employment, however,
in a merchant vessel, and made several voyages from New-
buryport to the West Indies. Returning from Guadaloupe,
he died of apoplexy January i, 1804, and was buried at sea.
Ilis widow, Sarah (Coffin) Brown, died November 19, 1808.
* Capt. Moses and Sarah (Coffin) Brown had the following-
named children : —

Susanna, bom July 27, 1765 ; died August 8, 1765.

Moses, " January 20, 1766; died Sept. 8, 1768.

William, ** Feb. 23, 1 768 ; married Catherine Jones ; lost at sea, 1 799.

Moses, '* Mar. 22, 1 770 ; married Kunice Stickney ; lost at sea, 1819.

Edward, " August 2, 1772 ; died in 1780.

Joseph, " Nov. 17, 1774; married, first, Mary Pillsbury ;

second, Sarah Hoitt ; died Oct. 10, 1845.
James, " October 30, 1777 ; died July 22, 1858.
Sarah, '• May 26, 1 78 1 ; married James Keed ; died Jan. 1 3, 1 840.

Three great-grandsons of Capt. Moses and Sarah (Coffin)
Brown are now living, namely, Ex-Mayor Moses Brown of
Newburyport, Causten Brown, esq., of Boston and George
Brown of Bangor, Me.

Mo.SK.s Brown, son of Joseph and Abigail (Pearson) Brown,
was born October 2, 1742, in that part of Newbury after-
wards set off and incorporated by the name of West Newbury.
He learned the trade of a chaise-maker, and when only
twenty-one years of age began the manufacture of carriages
in Newburyport. Ten years later, he turned his attention to
the importation of sugar and molasses, which he sold to whole-
sale dealers at a good profit.

In 1772, he married Mary Hall of Newburyport, and lived
for nearly twenty years after that date in a house then stand-
ing on State street, where the Merchants Bank building now

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Stands. His wife died June 28, 1778, leaving no children,
and he married, October i, 1786, Mary White of Haverhill,
for his second wife.

Four or five years later, he purchased of Tristram Dalton
a house on State street, nearly opposite Harris street, to which
he removed, and in 1792 he bought of Thomas W. Hooper a
wharf on the northeasterly side of Merrimack street, at the foot
of Green street, with some land adjoining, on which he erected
several large warehouses, a distillery, and other buildings
nccdctl for the storage of merchandise and the manufacture
of New England rum.

He accumulated a large
amount of proj^erty, and in his
will gave to the inhabitants
of Newburyport six thousand
dollars, to be kc|^t at interest
until it amounted to the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars,
when the income was to be
devoted " to the use and sup-
port of a grammar school in
said town forever." He had
one daughter, Mary, by his
second wife, who married
Hon. William \\, Bannister
November 30, 1812.

Mrs. Mary (White) Brown died August 11, 1821.
husband, Moses Brown, died February 9, 1827.*

MOSRS HROWN.

Her

Edwaiu) Wi(;glkswoktii, son of Rev. Samuel and Martha
Wigglcsworth, was Ikhu in Ijiswich January 3, 1741-2. He
graduated at Harvard college in 1761, and soon after that
date came to Newburyport, where he was employed as clerk
by his classmate, Jonathan Jackson. Subsequently, he had

' For further details, see <<Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketch-
es, pages 6J2-637.

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command of a small vessel, owned by the firm of Jackson,
Tracy & Tracy, and made several voyages to the West Indies.

January i8, 1770, he married Bridget Cogswell, and on the
fourth of November, 1773, purchased a small lot of land on
the southeasterly corner of Fair and Temple streets, extending
to Orange street, with a dwelling house and barn thereon.*

During the Revolutionary war, he was prominent and
patriotic, serving with honor in the Continental army from
July, 1776, until March 19, 1779, when his resignation was
accepted by the commander-in-chief.*

He was elected representative to the General Court for the
sessions beginning May 29, 1776, and May 25, 1785, and was
a member of the committee appointed to present an address
of welcome to Washington when he came to Newburyport in
October, 1 789. After the adoption of the Federal constitu-
tion and the enactment of laws regulating the importation of
merchandise, Stephen Cross, who had been collector of cus-
toms, was succeeded by Col. Edward Wigglesworth, who held
that office from 1792 to 1795.

Owing to financial embarassment, he became involved in
litigation with the United States government, and his dwelling
house and land were taken on execution, November 3, 1 796,
to satisfy the claims of his creditors. Dudley Atkins Tyng,
who succeeded him as collector of the port, conveyed the
property to David Coffin December 14, 1799.'

Discouraged by these misfortunes, Col<»ncl Wigglesworth
sougiit and obtained a pension from the United States gov-
ernment during the administration of President Monroe, and
with the assistance of relatives and friends, managed to eke
out a scanty subsistence until his death, December 8, 1826.
He was buried with military honors on the twelfth of Decem-
ber following.

* Essex Deeds, book 132, leaf 76; ami book 139, leaf 208.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 581-584.

' Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 184. Abel Lunt purchased the house February
3, 1800 (Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 217); and his son, Ifon. George Lunt, was
lK)m there December 31, 1803.

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Charles Herbert, son of John and Jane Herbert, or
Harbut, as the name is spelled in the town records, was bom
in Newbury, now Newburyport, November 17, 1757. When
only nineteen years of age he shipped on board the privateer
brigantine Dalton and sailed from Newburyport November 1 5,
1776.

The vessel was captured on the twenty-fourth of December
following by the English ship of war Reasonable, and taken
to Plymouth, England, where her officers and crew were con-
fmetl in Mill prison. The trials and hardships that preceded
and followed this unfortunate event are described in detail in
the diary of Charles Herbert, published, with a brief sketch
of his life, in a small volume entitled, " The Prisoners of
1776: A Relic of the Revolution, by Rev. R. Livesey."

After many disappointments and much suffering, the pris-
oners were released in 1779, and Charles Herbert shipped on
board the frigate Alliance, then in command of John Paul
Jones, and sailed from Holland on a cruise through the straits
of Dover and down the English channel to Corunna; in Spain,
returning to America in August, 1 780.

At that date his father, John Harbut, was established in
business, as a block-maker, on the upper long wharf at the
foot of Queen, now Market, street, Newburyport, and occu-
pied a dwelling house on Bartlett's lane, now Winter street,
at or near the corner of Washington street.'

Having learned the trade of a block-maker, Charles Her-
bert carried on the business, after the death of his father, and
continued to reside in the old homestead on Bartlett's lane.
He married Molly Butler November 8, 1783, and died Sep-
tember 3, 1808, leaving a widow, two sons and four daughters.
His gravestone is still standing in the Old Hill burying ground.

William Farnham, son of Daniel and Sibyll (Angier)
Famham, was born in Newburyport November 26, 1760.

' Essex Dee<ls, book 96, leaf 36; book 103, leaf 175; and book 118, leaves 130
and 131.

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Under the command of Capt. Moses Nowell, he marched, on
the nineteenth of April, 1775, to re-inforce the Continental
troops at Lexington and Concord.' A few years later, he was
prominent in the social life of the town, and was held in high
esteem by his associates. In 1 788, when John Quincy Adams
was a student-at-law in Newburyport, he wrote in his diary
as follows : —

Every one, it is said, possesses his peculiar excellence. Mr. Fam-
ham's talent lies in the science of politeness. He understands to per-
fection all the nice and subtile distinctions between confidence and assur-
ance, between ease of behavior and familiarity, between elegance and
foppery, &c., a science in which 1 am very ignorant, as in all others.*

At that date, Mr. Farnham, with ample means at his com-
mand, devoted much time to the study of music and English
literature, as well as to the social festivities of the day. He
married, October 31, 1790, Hannah Bliss Emerson, daughter
of Rev. William Emerson of Concord, Mass., and lived for
fifteen or twenty years in a house on High street, opposite
Market street, which his father, Daniel Farnham, built in
1750.3

He was for several years head master of the grammar
school at the northwesterly end of Frog pond, and was ap-
pointed in August, 1 796, collector of the taxes assessed by
the commonwealth of Massachusetts on the owners of car-
riages in Essex county.* In 1798, he was collector of reve-
nue, for the United States government, in the eastern division
of the same county, and held the office until Thomas Jeffer-
son was elected president in 1801.

He was a member of the First Religious Society of New-
buryport, and was elected deacon of the church on the nine-
teenth of March, 1804.

' 1 listory of Newburyix>rt (Currier), volume I, page 540.

' Life in a New England Town (I^iary of John Quincy Adams), page 108.

• This house was removed to make room for the Kelly School building, erected
in 1872 by the city of Newburyport ("Ould Newbury:" Historical and Bio-
graphical Sketches, page 132). •

^ Impartial Herald, August 9, 1796.

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A fine portrait of William Farnham, painted by Trumbull, is
now in the possession of his grandson, Francis D. Cobb, esq.,
of Barnstable and Boston. With his permission, a photographic
copy is reproduced in the half-tone print on the preceding page.

William and Hannah Bliss (Emerson) Farnham had chil-
dren as follows : —

John Hay, bom July 22, 1791 ; graduated at Harvard in 181 1 ; married

Evelyn Leonard May 3, 1821 ; died in Salem, Indiana, July 10, 1833,

leaving no children.
Mary Bliss, bom December 1, 1792 ; died, unmarried, Febmary 7, 1816.
Louisas bom June 6, 1 794 ; married Rev. Orville Dewey ; died January

25, 1884. She has three descendants hving.
Charlotte, bom April 15, 1796; married George W. Leonard of Madi

son, Indiana ; died in that town in 1862, leaving no children.
Daniel, bom Dec. 16, 1797; died at sea Sept. 8, 1824, unmarried.
William Emerson, bom Nov. 25, 1799; lost at sea in December, 1819.
Sibyl Angier, bom July 8, 1801 ; married Allen Lombard of Augusta,

Maine; died June 29, 1887, leaving one son, Charles Lombard, and

two daughters, Charlotte, who married Bishop Armitage, and Sibyl,

who married Henry P. Baldwin.
Phebe Bliss, born July 8, iKoi ; married Matthew Cobb of Barnslable,

Mass.; died August 30, 1875, leaving one son, Francis Davis Cobb,*

and a daughter, now Mrs. Kathrine H. Hayward.
Elizabeth Cordis, bom Aug. 17, 1803 ; died, unmarried, Sept. 6, 1819.
Hannah Bliss, bom May 4, 1805 ; died, unmarried, October 11, 1806.

Mrs. Hannah Bliss (Emerson) Farnham, wife of William
Farnham, died March 27, 1807, and was buried in the Old
Hill burying ground. In April, 18 16, Mr. Farnham sold the
house formerly owned and occupied by his father, Daniel
Farnham, to Dr. Lawrence Sprague,^ and removed to Boston,
and afterwards to Salem, Indiana, where he died September
9, 1829, at the residence of his son, John Hay Farnham.

' " Catherine Louisa," according to the town records, but baptized ** Louisa *'
by the pastor of the First Religious Society of Newburyport, June 8, 1794.

' Francis Davis Cobb married his cousin, Katherine S. Dewey. He has two
sons and one daughter now living, Richard Cobb, William Cobb and Louisa
Farnham Cobb.

' Essex Deeds, book 209, leaf 118.

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Edmund Bartlett, born March 3, 1723, a lineal descend-
ant of Richard Bartlett who settled in Newbury in 1635,'
married Hannah Hall October 3, 1745. Two or three weeks
previous to that date he purchased one-half of a dwelling
house on " new lane," in Newbury, now Middle street, in
Newburyport. The other half of the house, with land adjoin-
ing, was conveyed to him by Isaac Hall, shipwright, in the
month of June following.*

William Baktlkt, son of Edmund and Hannah (Hall)
liartlct, was born January 20, 1746-7, in the house then
owned and occupied by his father, on ** new lane.'* Septem-
ber 14, 1753, his mother died; and his father married, Octo-
ber 2, 1754, Mary Marsh of Haverhill ^ The children by this
second marriage were Edmund, Samuel, David, Richard,
Ebenezer and Mary.

In his l)oyh()(Kl, William Bartlct attended one of the pub-
lic schools in the town for two or three years, and then
learned the trade of a shoemaker. When only twenty-one
years old he was actively engaged in business on his own
account, and soon accumulated money enough to buy one-
undivided-quarter part of a dwelling house, with one-quarter
part of the land under and adjoining the same, in Newbury-
port.**

He probably married, in 1774, Betty (Coombs) Lascomb,
widow of Robert Lascomb.5 In 1778, he bought of Mary

> **OuI<I Newbury:'* lliiitorical and Hiographical Sketches, i>ages 230-246.

' Emex Deeds, tx>ok 98, leaf 18; and book 88, leaf 225.

' l<>lnitind Hart let died Octolwr I, 1804. I lis will, dated Jidy 29, 1793* was
|>roved Decciidier 6, 1804. His widow, Mary (Marsh) Hartlct, dic<l May 27,
1 8 13, aged eighty-eight.

^ Essex Deeds, book 128, leaf 285.

* No record of his marriage in Newbury or in Newbury|)ort has been found, and
therefore the maiden-name of his wife is somewhat uncertain. She was probably
bom in Newbury June 8, 1744, and was probably the oldest daughter of Philip
and Lydia Coombs. In the division of her father's estate, August 16, 1762, she
received twenty pounds from William Coombs, her oldest brother, for her undivi-
ded interest in the land and dwelling house belonging to the estate. She probably

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Gwyn land on King, now Federal, street, Newburyport,' and
in 1784, Alice Hughes, of the town of Swansea, in the county
of Glamorgan, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, "only sister
and next-of-kin to Anthony Gwyn, deceased, and also mother
and next of kin to David Jones of Newburyport, deceased,"
conveyed to William Bartlett all her right, title and interest in
the land " now in the possession of the said Bartlet, on which
he now dwelleth," it being the same lot oi land which Samuel
Swasey sold to David Jones June 21, 1771.*

At the close of the Revolutionary war Mr. Bartlet became
interested in commercial affairs, and soon afterward was the
owner of a large fleet of vessels which were constantly em-
ployed in trade with the East and West Indies, England^
Holland and Russia.

In 1787, he purchased of Stephen Cross "one undivided
fourth part of the flatts granted by the town of Newbury to
William Johnson and others to build a wharf upon at the
lower end of Chandler's lane [now Federal street, Newbury-
port]," and subsequently bought of Joseph Noyes, William
Coombs and Jonathan Greenleaf fourteen-undivided-twenty-
fourth parts of the same property, on which he erected large

married Robert Loscomb in 1763 or 1765. He bought land on a lane now known
as Temple street, extending from King to Fish street, in 1766 (Essex Deeds, book
131, leaf 214); and died previous to l)eceml>er 19, 1767 (Kssex Deeds, Uiok 129,
leaf 258), leaving one daughter, Mary Lascomb. She married, March 26, 1792,
Ismcl Olicnrof Stdcni, nmrinvr. lie died in 1795, and his widtiw was ap|M»intud
administratrix of his estate (Impartial Herald, March 31, 1795). On the sixteenth
of April she married Ebenezer Steele of Cape Ann (Impartial Herald, April 17,
1795). In October, 1796, Mr. Steele bought of James Kettle a lot of land on
Orange street, Newburyport (Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 106), on which he built
a dwelling house. In 1798, he conveyed the property to Edmund, son of William
Dartlet and half-brother to Mrs. Steele (Essex Dee<ls, book 163, leaf 170; and book
166, leaf 2). Septemlier 28, 1799, Edmund Bartlet gave a deed of the land on
Orange street, with the dwelling house thereon, to William liartlet (Essex Deeds,
book 166, leaf 73). April 30, 1799, William liartkt, merchant, and wife *MSetty'*
conveyed house and land on Temple street to Mary, wife of Ebenezer Steele (Es-
sex Deeds, book 165, leaf 102 ).

1 Essex Deeds, book 136, leaf 167.

* Essex Deeds, I ook 141, leaf 219.

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warehouses for the storage of sugar, molasses, coffee and
hemp."

Although French privateers captured some of his vessels,
the losses he sustained did not check his enterprise, exhaust
his funds or shake his credit. In 1794, he was a stockholder
in a company organized to manufacture woolen goods at By-
field, in Newbury, and afterwards bought out the original
stockholders and converted the factory into a mill for the
manufacture of cotton cloth."

At that date his family consisted of himself, his wife and
four children, as follows : —

Edmund, bom Dec. 1, 1775 ; married Zilpha Gerrish in October, 1801.
Betsey, " Oct. 23, 1777 ; married George Jenkins March 7, 1799 ;

died October 10, 181 o.
William, " July 22, 1782; married Betsey Stoodley June 21, 1808.
Hannah, •* May 17, 1787; married John Porter Sept. 16, 181 1.

In 1798, Mr. Bartlet purchased additional land, adjoining
his lot on Federal street, extending to Beck street on the
southwest and to Ship street on the southeast,' and erected a
three-story brick dwelling house which he owned and occupied
at the time of his death. A photographic view of this house
is reproduced in the half-tone print on the next page.

He was elected representative to. the General (^ourt for
the sessions beginning May 28, 1800, May 27, 1801, and May
26, 1 802 ; and when Andovcr Theological Seminary was

* E88CX Deeds, bocik 148, leaf 123; l)ook 158, leaves 52 and 53; and book
157, leaf 166.

* Ilirtory of Newbury (Currier), pages 293-295.

' Essex f)ceds, book 163, leaf 171. Mr. Rartlet gave this house and land, in
his will, to his daughter Hannah, wife of John Porter. The p roperty was sold to
Sewall B. Noyes August i, 1874, and on the twenty-seventh of June, 1906, it
was conveyed by deed from Henry J. Noyes, tnistee under the will of Sewall B.
Noyes, to John J. Williams, Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, and is now
occupied as a |)arochial residence by Rev. J. L. M. l^ve8C|ue, pastor of the church
of St. Aloysius cle (ionzaga.

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founded, in 1808, he gave twenty thousand dollars to the
associate fund, fifteen thousand dollars for the endowment of
a professorship, and seventy-five thousand dollars to be used
in building a chapel for Sunday services and dwelling houses
for the professors.

When the Wessacumcon Mill was built, on the corner of

KKSIDKNCK OK WILLIAM HAKILKI'.

Pleasant and Inn streets, in 1837, he was one of the largest
stockholders, and when the second mill was built on an ad-
joining lot, in 1840, he subscribed for five hundred additional
shares, and the name of the corix)ration was changed to the
Bartlet Steam Mills Company.

His wife died January 24, 1825. He died February 8,
1 84 1. The inscription on the southeasterly side of his mon-
ument, in Oak Hill cemetery, reads as follows : —

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In Memory of

Hon. William Bartlet,

Who died

February VIII, MDCCCXLI.

A^cd XCIII years.

Also of Hetty, his wife,

who died

January XXIV, MDCCCXXV

Aged LXXX.

On the northwesterly side of this monument is the follow-
ing in.scription : —

Descended

From the First Settlers of

Ancient Newbury

His Firmness,

Decision of Character

And habits of Thought and Action

Kxhibilcd to Poslcrity

The ynalities of

His worthy ancestry.

By his Enterprise

His native town

Was benefitted and improved.

His name was long familfar

liotli in this country and other lands

As a

Dislingui.shcd Merchant

And a

Liberal l*atron

Theological Learning.

In his will, dated J'^cbruary seventh, and proved February
16, 1 841, Mr. Hartlct gave his dwelling house, on the south-
easterly side of Market street, near Merrimack street, to his
son Edmund ; a dwelling house on the northeasterly side of
Water street, near the foot of Federal street, to his son Wil-
liam ; and the brick house on J^'cderal street, in which he lived
at the time of his death, to his daughter JJannah, wife of

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John Porter. He also gave twenty thousand dollars to each
of his grandchildren ; and to the trustees of Phillips Academy
in Andover, for the benefit of the Theological Seminary, the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the gifts made
to that institution in his lifetime

Edmund IUktlet, son of William and lictty (Coombs-
Lascomb) Bartlet, was born in Newburyport December i, 1775.
At an early age, he became interested in the improvement of
public property in the vicinity of Frog pond, and at his sugges-
tion, and expense mainly, a deep ravine was filled with gravel
during the summer of 1800, and a broad walk made parallel
to ili^h street, that has since l)ecn known as IWtlct Mall.

In October, 1801, he married Zilpha, daughter of Stephen
and Ruth Gerrish of Newbury, and a few months previous to
that date he purchased a three-story dwelling house on Broad
street,' which he occupied until 1805, when he removed to a
new brick house built by his father, William Ikirtlet, on the
southeasterly side of Market street, near Merrimack street.
He was engaged for many years in the manufacture of woolen
yarn and cotton batting in the building now owned and occu-
pied by Renton M. Perley, on the corner of Market and
Merrimack streets."

Edmund and Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlet had seven children,
namely : —

Betsey, bom April 2, 1802; died unmarried.

Martha Gerrish, " Jan. 26, 1804 ; married W. Wheelwright Feb. 10, 1829.
Hannah, " Jan. 16, 1806; married Dr. John Atkinson in 1836.

Maria, »* April 27, 1810; died May 12, 1810.

Catherine Maria," May 1, 181 1 ; married Dr. Moses L. Atkinson.
Harriet Holmes, " July 24, 1813; married Rev. Frederick A. Uarton

of Collinsville, Conn., Sept. 8, 1 840.
William, " December 19, 1816; married Harriet Thachcr.

* 'lliis house was built in 1797 by Thomas Thomas, esq., son of Capt. Thomas
Thomas. It was purchased by the Anna Jaques Hospital Association in 1883, and
used as a hospital from that date until 1904.

^ History of Ncwl)Ury|)ort (Currier), volume I, i^nge 180.

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Mrs. Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlet diecl November 30, 1849.
Her husband, Edmund Bartlet, died May 9, 1854.

William, son of William and Betty (Coombs-I^ascomb)
Bartlet, was born in Newburyix)rt July 22, 1782. He grad-
uated at Harvard college in 1801, and married, June 21, 1808,
Betsey Stoodley of Portsmouth, N. H. His children by this
marriage were born in Newburyport at the following-named
dates : —

Willi«im Sloodly, bom April 8, 1.S09; died in Chelsea Dec. 12, 1883.
Elizabeth, l>om Jan. 1, 1811 ; married Charies J. Brockway Oct. 29, 1835.
Margaret Brierly, bora August 10, 1812; died Appl 13, 1815.
Edmund, bom Jan. 9, 1815; married Louisa S. Bartlett Oct. 29, 1844.
Margaret Brieriy, bora in December, 1816; married Albert Holton.
Caroline Hall, bora Sept. 7, 1818; married Dr. F. Williams of Yonkers,

New York, in December, 1844.
Mary McClintock, bom August 5, 1820; died January 22, 1909.
Adelaide Stoodley, bom Aug. 10, 1822 ; married J. D. Alden of Hartford,

Connecticut, in May, 1844.
Henry, bom July 22, 1824; married Abbie W. Williams Dec. 15, 1844.
Nathaniel Stoodly, born Aug. 20, 1825 ; married Frances Ann, daughter

of Richard M. Bartlett, Oct. 29, 1846.

Mr. Bartlet made several voyages to Europe and the East
Indies as sui)crcargo, and afterwards had command of one of
the ships owned by his father, William Bartlet, sr. During
the war of 18 12, he served as orderly sergeant in a voluntary
association of ship-masters and seamen, called the " Sea
Fencibles," organized in Newburyport for the defence of the
seacoast.* He lived in a brick dwelling house on the north-
easterly side of Water street, near the foot of h'cderal street,
where his wife died February 8, 1849, ^"d he died December
29, 1852.

Joseph Marquand, son of Daniel and Mary Marquand,
born in Newbury October 16, 1748, married Rebecca, daugh-

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 659.

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ter of William Coffin, Nov. 17, 1776. The following-named
children of Joseph and Rebecca (Coffin) Marqiiand were born
in Newburyport : —

Rebecca, bom Aug. 23, 1777 ; died Jan. 30, i77iS.

Kel>ecca, " December 14, 177.S.

Eliza Coffin, " Nov. 3, 17S0; died Sept. 12, 17S1.

Kliza Coffin, " January i, 1782.

Mary, " December 13, 1783.

Ann, •* October 16, 1785.

Susanna Coffin, " May 23, 1789.

Charles, " September 23, 1792.

Joseph, " December 25, 1793.

Mr. Marquand was the owner or part owner of a large
number of privateers. During the first year of the Revolu-
tionary war they brought many prizes into Newburyport ; but,
at a later date, many of these privateers were captured by
English cruisers.

He lived in a spacious two-story, gambrel-roofed dwelling
house on Water street, at the head of what is now Commer-
cial wharf.* John Quincy Adams, when a studcnt-at-law in
Newburyixjrt, in 1788, was frequently entertained there, with
other distinguished guests.'

He was a member of the committee appointed to receive
James Monroe, president of the United States, when he
visited Newburyport, in July, 18 17, and was collector of
customs from the year 181 i until hi.s dcalh, Scptonil)cr 6,
1820. A marble tablet marks his last resting-place in the
New Hill burying ground.

* 'rhii hoitse was probably built and owned by Daniel Marquand. In his will,
dated Septem1)er i8, 178S, and proved May 2, 1791, he gave to his grandchihlrcn,
** Rebekah Marquand, Elirabeth CoOin Mar(|uand, Mary Marquand, and Anne
Marquand, children of my son, Joseph Marquand, all my river lotts now improved
by my son, with the dwelling house, wharf, warehouses, and all other buihlings
thereon, also one half part of my other estate wherever the same may be.^' This
house, with the warehouses and other buildings, was destroyetl in the great 6re of
1811.

* Life in a New England Town, |)ages 102 and 157.

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TiioMAS Johnson, as early as 1695, built a dwelling house
on laud belonging to the town of Newbury, near the foot of
('handler's lane, now I*\Hleral street, in Newbury|K)rt, and had
a shii}-yard there, for which he paid an annual rent to the
selectmen of the town.'

VVflliam Johnson, probably a brother of Thomas John-
son, came from Charlestown, Mass., in 1698, to Newbury,
and began ship-building at or near the same place.* He
marricfl Martha, daughter of Capt. Daniel Pierce, November
9, 1702. The children by this marriage were born at the
following-named dates : —

Elizabeth, bom August 17, 1703 ; married Isaac Hall Nov. 23, 1721.

Martha, " November 1 7, 1 704.

William, " May 1 3, 1 706 ; married Deity Bradstreet.

Sarah, " in 1707; married Ralph Cross October 3 1 , 17218.

Mary, " Sept. 14, 1708; married John Currier Jan. 23, 1728-9.

Is«aac, •* in 1710; married Martha Greenleaf May 10, 1733.

Moses, " Au^st 1 , 1711 : died young.

Nicholiis, «« March 9, 1714; married Sarah Huse March 23, 1737.

Lydia, ** in 1716; married Philip Coombs July 10, 1735.

Eleazer, " May f i , 1718; married Elizabeth Toppan Aug. 1 8, 1 74 1 .

Martha (Fierce) Johnson died August 3, 1732 ; and her
husband, William John.son, married, I**ebruary 14, 1733-4,
Mrs. Abigail (Moody) Stickney, widow, first of Josiah Em-
ery, and subsequently of Jonathan Stickney. Three children
of William and Abigail (Stickney) Johnson were born in
Newburyport at the following-named dates : —

Joseph, bom November 20, 1 734.
Moses, '< June 2, 1737.
Abigail, " February 6, 1 738.

Elkazek Johnson, lx>rn May 11, 1718, son of William and
Martha (Pierce) Johnson, married Elizabeth Toppan August
18, 1 74 1, as stated al)ove.

His children by this marriage were born in Newburyport
at the following-named dates : —

' History of Newbury (Currier), page 479.
* IliftUir)' of Newbury (Currier), page 480.

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Joseph, bom November 28, 1 743 ; married Elizabeth Dole.
William Pierce, born April 22, 1 745 ; married Sarah Greenleaf.
Eleazer, bom Febmary 14, 1746; married Hannah Pearson.
Sarah, bom November 7, 1 748 ; married Phineas Parker.
Jane, bom July 7, 1750; married Nathaniel Newell.
Nicholas, bom in 1752; married Mary Perkins.
Martha, born in 1754; married John Desannette.
Philip, bom in 1 756 ; married, first, Dolly Noyes ; and, second,

Sarah Noyes ; d. in 1 789.
Elizabeth, bom in 1758 ; probably died in infancy.

Elizabeth Toppan, wife of Eleazer Johnson, died October
20, 1761 ; and he married, in 1766, his second wife, Sarah
Bayley, by whom he had one son, John Bayley Johnson, bom
January 26, 1768.

Eleazer Johnson was one of the prominent ship-builders in
Newburyport previous to the Revolutionary war. He occu-
pied a part of the ship-yard owned by his father, William
Johnson, and lived in a dwelling house near the corner of
Federal and Water streets, where he died May 12, 1792.

William Pierce Johnson, son of Eleazer and Elizabeth
(Toppan) Johnson, born April 22, 1745, was a successful
ship-master, and also the owner of a large number of vessels
engaged in the West India trade. He married, October 23,
1770, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Jonathan and Mary
(Presbury) Greenleaf. The following-named children by this
marriage were lx)rn in Ncwburyix^rt : —

Mary, born April 25, 1777 ; died January 19, i860.
Catharine, bom Januar)'4, 1780; died April 27, 1859.
William Pierce, bom May 13, 1785 ; married, first, Henrietta Tracy;

and, second, Sarah Waite.
Sarah, born in 1788 ; died in 1791.
Eleazer, bom Nov. 12, 1790; married Fanny Toppan Oct. 1, 181 1 ;

died Febmary 27, 1870.*
Jonathan Greenleaf, born Nov 12, 1 790 ; married Elizabeth White

in 1813.*

' Eleazer Johnson was town clerk for twenty years, and afterwards clerk of the
city of Newburyport for nineteen years.

* Jonathan Greenleaf Johnson, a twin-brother of Kleazer Johnson, was for many
years a prominent physician in Newhury|M»rl.

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Capt. William Pierce Johnson built, in 1 798, the wharf at
the foot of Pudding lane, now Ship street, Newburyport. lie
died, very suddenly, June 4, 1802.

Piiif ,ir Johnson, son
of Klca^ccr ;ni(l I^li/.^t-
hctli (Toppau) Jt>hn-
snn.bornin 1756, ivasa
sokiicr in Capl. Moses
NowcHs tom|Kiiiy, and

marched fnMii Newl>LiiyiKMi,

A|>ril ig, 1775, U) r€'inff>rrc ihc

Omtinental tnwjps at Lexington

ami C'r*ncnrtl. I Ic was afterward

in (Tnpl. HciMamin IVrkins" cnnr-

l>any, and vv;ts severely wounded

at the battle of lUinkcr Hill.

He subsequently learned the trade of a ship-carpenter, and

built a large number of vessels in the ship-yard previously

occupied by his father and grandfather. In 1795, he was

presented with a silver tankard, made by ** Revere,*' probably

SII.VKK tankakd; kroni vikw.

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son of Paul Revere, bearini; the following inscription, as shown
in the half-tone prints on the precethng page: — '

Presented by Head & Aniory to Mr. Philip Johnson as a token of
their respect for his fidelity in building the ship Komona, 1795.

Patiuck Tkacv Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Tracy) Jackson, was born in NewburyiK)rt August 14, 1780.
When ten years of age he attended the grammar school at
the northwesterly end of Frog pond, and a few years later
completed his education at Summer academy. In 1796, he
was bound by a written contract to serve for five years in the
store of William Bartlet, attending to the sale of foreign
goods and merchandise. Several months previous to the ter-
mination of his apprenticeship he was offered the [wsition of
captain's clerk in a ship commanded by his brother, Henry
Jackson, who was six years older than himself. With the
consent and approval of Mr. Hartlet, the offer was accepted,
and the ship sailed for Madras and Calcutta.

When the voyage was completed, Pjitriik 'J'racy Jackson,
having learned the art of navigation, chartered a ship, ob-
tained con.signments of merchanilise, and sailed again for
Calcutta, where he sold the cargo at a fair profit, and with
the proceeds purchased goods that were afterwards dis|X)sed
of to goo<l advantage in Newburyport and lioston. Owing to
some financial com) )licat ions, the compensation he received for
his services was small, but he decided nevertheless to make
another voyage, and was absent four years, having been de-
tained twelve months at the Cape of Good Hope when that
place was taken by the English, in 1806. Returning home
in 1808, he established himself in business in Boston, and in
1813 was associated with his brother-in-law, Francis Cabot
Lowell, and Paul Moody, a native of Newbury, in the manu-

' 'I'liiH tanknrtl is now in the |x»sscssifm (»( Miss Clara A. Johnson, No. 177 Cen-
tral street, Somerville, Mass. She is a f»reat-j»ramhlaughtcr of Thilip and Sarah
(Noyes) Jrihnson, gramldaiighter of Philip and Miriam (Sargent) Johnson and
daughter of Philip and Anne (Adains) Johnson.

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facture of cotton cloth by machinery in a mill erected for
that purpose in Waltham, Mass.

In 1821, in company with Nathan Appleton, Kirk l^oott
and a few other capitalists, he purchased several hundred
acres of land adjoining the Tawtucket canal at Chelmsford, on
the Merrimack river, and laid the foundation for the large
manufacturing city of Lowell, named in honor of Francis
Cabot fx)well, who died four years previous to that date.

He was afterwards engaged in many imix)rtant enterprises,
and in 1S30 began (he construction of a railroad between
Lowell and Boston, which, notwithstanding many difficulties
and discouragements, was completed in 1835. I*^ 1838, he
accepted the agency of the company organized in 1 792 for
the construction of locks and canals on the Merrimack river,
and in 1840 was appointed treasurer and agent of the Great
I'^alls Manufacturing Company at Scmiersworth, N. IL He
died at his sununer residence in lieverly, Mass., September 12,
1847.*

l*^<ANcis Cabot Lowhll, son of John and Susan (Cabot)
Lowell, was born in Newburyport April 7, 1775.' He grad-
uated at Harvard college in 1793 ; and married, October 31,
1798, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy)
Jackson. He became interested in the East India trade, and
established himself in business in Boston, where he accumu-
lated a large fortune.

In 1 8 10 and 18 11, while traveling in England and Scot-
land, he carefully examined the methods adopted there for
the manufacture of ((itlon cloth by machinery. Two or
three years later, in company with Patrick Tracy Jackson,
Paul Moody and others, he erected a mill at Waltham, Mass.,
and supplied it with power looms, spindles, and other ma-

' Memoir of Dr. James Jackson, by James Jaclcson Ihitnam, M. D., pages 128-
156; Ilistor)' of New])ur)'|X)rt (Mrs. K. Vale Smith), pages 338-351; Hunt^s
Merchant Magazine, 1S48; NewlMiry|>«)rt Daily llerahl, June IO-13, 1848.

* 'Mhihl Newbury:" Historical ami Itingraphical Sketches, page 578.

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chinery necessary to convert raw cotton into finished cloth.*
The mill, when completed, was successfully operated, and led,
in 1 82 1, to the building of the city of Lowell, named in
honor of Francis Cabot Lowell, the enterprising merchant and
manufacturer, who died in l^oston August 10, 1817.

Thomas M akch Clark, son of Enoch and Mary Clark,
was born in Greenland, N. H., March 24, 1771. When only
seventeen or eighteen years of age, he came to Newburyport,
and, December 4, 1793, married Mary, daughter of Alexander
and Mary Caldwell.

In 1803, he purchased of Joshua Titcomb, Enoch Titcomb,
Samuel Huse and others, land on the southeasterly side of
Green street, between High and Harris streets, where he
built a three-story dwelling house, in which he resided until
his death.'

He was engaged in commercial pursuits, and during the
war between France and England several small vessels in
which he was interested were captured. In 1798, he was
associated with William Cross in building the ship Merri-
mack, which was presented by the merchants of Newburyport
to the United States government, and in 1803, 1804, 1808,
1 83 1, 1832 and 1839, he was elected and served as repre-
sentative to the General Court.

His wife, Mary (Caldwell) Clark, died June 15, 18 10, and
he married, May 28, 181 1, Rebecca, daughter of Abraham
and Rebecca Wheelwright, for his second wife. 'Ihe children
by this second marriage were born in Newburyport at the
following-named dates : —

Thomas March, born July 4, 1812 ; died September 7, 1903.

Rufus Wheelwri|?ht, " December 17, 1S13; died Aug. 9, 1886.

Edward Warren, " October 30, 1815; died Aug. 12, 1837.

Abraham Wheelwright,*' Sept. 13, 1817; died Dec. 14, 1818.

George Henry, »* Nov. 7, 1819; died M.irch 31, 1906.

Samuel Adams, " January 27, 1822; died Jan. 28,-1875.

Mary Rebecca, " August 1, 1825; died April 29, 1843.

* See biographical sketch of Patrick Tracey Jackson on page 244.

- Kssex Deeds, lj<Nik 171, leaves 2.^4 and 245 ; and book 172, leaf 167.

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Mr. Clark was a prominent merchant in Newburyport for
many years. He was a member of the committee appointed
to make arrangements for the reception of President Monroe
in 18 1 7, and for the reception of General LaFayette in 1824.
1 le died March 31, 1850, and was buried in Oak Hill cem-
etery, where his widow, Rebecca (Wheelwright) Clark, who
died July 27, 1865, at the residence of Rev. Rufus W. Clark,
in Albany, N. Y., is also buried.

Cai'T. Wii.i.iam Nichols, son of William and Mary Nich-
ols, was born in Newburyix)rt July i, 1781. During the
war between France and England he made several voyages to
the West Indies, and was twice captured by French priva-
teers, once in the ship Fox in 1798, and again in the ship
Rose in 1799. ^^ subsequently became part owner and
master of the brig Sally Ann. This vessel was captured in
December, 1807, and taken to Bristol, England. She was
released, recaptured, and afterward condemned and sold in
Amsterdam, Holland, as stated in the following deix)sition
recorded in the registry of deeds at Salem, Mass. : —

1 William Nichols of Newburyport in the County of Essex Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, mariner, testify and depose, that in the month
of November A D One thousand eight hundred and Seven I Sailed
from Beverly in the brig Sally Ann belonging to Abner Wood of Said
Newburyport, and myself as master of said brig. On a voyage to Am-
sterdam: that on the fourteenth day of December in 160 W longitude
lat about 490, I was captured by the Diana British Letter of Marque,
and the brig carried into Bristol England : I with the rest of the people,
except the mate, was taken out of said brig on board the Diana, in
which we arrived at Bristol on the twenty eight day of said December,
which was three days after the arrival of the Sally Ann at the .same
place. Within a few days after my said arrival, the Sally Ann was
given up to us by the Captors without a trial, and we proceeded on or
about the twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and
eight on our voyage to Amsterdam : having previously attempted it, but
being obliged to put back on account of contrary Winds. When the
Sally Ann was given up to us, we found her entirely destitute of cabin
Stores, which when she was taken possession of by the Diana, consisted
of two thirds of a barrel of Sugar, about Seventy pounds coffee, about

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forly gallons of Wine, and Sundry olher articles of less Value ; about
two barrels of Ships provision were also missing ; Some of the Water
casks were Scuttled, and some of the rigging was cut and destroyed ;
about eight or nine days after we left Bristol we arrived off the Texal
and were about taking a pilot on board, when we were captured by a
French Privateer. Wc were at that lime about half a mile from the
outer buoy, and between that and the Shore ; I was taken out with two
of my people and put on board the privateer, which proceeded with the
Sally Ann to New Dieppe, and a few days after her arrival there, took
out a part of the cargo of the Sally Ann, which consisted of Sugar,
coffee, ginger, potash, pearlash and logwood, and sent up the Same in
Lighters to Amsterdam : and the brig with the residue of her cargo fol-
lowed soon after to Amsterdam; the whole of said cargo was deposited
in the Government Stores. The Dutch Admiral laid claim to the Sally
Ann and cargo, as being taken within the jurisdiction of his Govern-
ment ; I also claimed them of the Captor, and look the advice of the
house of Hope and Company and Alstorphin and Van Humel, and em-
ployed Counsel to assist me, but without Success. After ineffectually
petitioning the King, on the Second day of June following, 1 Sat out for
Paris, having understood that the brigs papers had been sent thither,
where I arrived in four days, and immediately employed De la Grange
as my Attorney, who laid before the Council of i*ri/.es a Statement of
the whole of the voyage of the Sally Ann. I remained in Paris until
the twelfth day of May, 1809, using every exertion to obtain the rele.ise
of the Sally Ann, but finding no prospect of her being restored to us,
nor of her being given up to the Dutch Government, and feeling confi-
dent that she would be condemned, I returned to Amsterdam, with a
view of endeavouring to effect some compromise by which I might have
some part of the properly. I employed a merchant to sound the owner
and captain of the Privateer to know what they were dispo.sed to do
with the brig and cargo. At fii"st they proposed to sell the Vessel and
cargo and allow the concerned one eight: but they afterwards proposed
to sell the Vessel and cargo at auction and to allow me and the con-
cerned one third of the Nett proceeds, the parties each to pay their own
costs. This proposition was agreed to by me, by the advice and consent
of the merchants above named and of Van Haggen Parker and Com-
pany, who were all consignees, an<l was aflcrwanls carried inlo effucl.
While the Sally Ann was in the possession of the Caplorsat Amslerdam
she was stripped of all her running rigging, her standing rigging, with
her sails and cables, were cut and for the most part carried off, her boats
were lost. I went frequently on board, but was ordered away, and not
suffered to take care of anything belonging to her."

' Ksscx Deeds, ]{<u>k of Kxeculions, No. i, pages 254-256.

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In addition to the facts printed above, Captain Nichols
gave, in a deposition, signed in Newburyport July 28, 1812,
and acknowledged before Nicholas Pike and Joseph Dana,
justices of the i>eacc, a detailed account of his expenses in
England, France and Holland, with some other items of minor
importance.

Returning to the United States in 1810, Captain Nichols,
in command of the brig Alert, sailed for Itordcaux, France, in
181 1. The vessel was captured, and, provided with a prize
crew, was ordered to proceed to Plymouth, England. At
midnight, the following day. Captain Nichols surprised the
watch on deck, and with the assistance of his mate and two
boys, regained possession of the brig. A week later, the
English frigate Vestal captured the Alert and sent her into
Portsmouth, England, where she was condemned and sold.
Captain Nichols was placed in confinement, but escaped, and
returned to Boston. Taking command of the privateer 13e-
catur, he sailed from NewburyiK)rt August 4, 1812, and dur-
ing the next two or three months captured many valuable
prizes.* January 17, 18 13, after a desperate conflict with the
English frigate Surprise, he was compelled to surrender, and
his vessel and crew were taken into Barbadoes. Captain
Nichols was sent to England, and released several months
later.

In September, 18 14, he sailed from lialtimore, Md., in the
privateer Harpy, and subsequently made several successful
cruises in that vessel, arriving in Salem, Mass., at the close
of the war with a full cargo of valuable merchandise taken
from prizes captured on the high seas.*

lie subsecjucnlly made many voyages to Amsterdam, iJen-
Miark and Russia. In 1 831, he purchased one-half of a dwell-
ing house with the land under and adjoining the same on

• History of Newl)ury|>ort (Currier), volume I, pages 651-653.

• Ncwbury|)ort Ilcrnld, February 10, 1815; ami History of Newburyport (Cur-
rier), volume I, pflj»cs 661-664.

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Harris street, Newburyix)rt, where he resided for more than
thirty years.*

In 1845, he was appointed collector of customs by Presi-
dent Polk, and served in that capacity until 1849. '"^ ^'^^
February 12, 1863, and was burial in the Oak Hill cemetery.'

\ MiCAjAH LuNT, son of Abner and Miriam (Coffin) Lunt,

was born in Newbury November 9, 1764. When only fifteen
years of age, he enlisted in the Continental army, and served
until January i, 1779. Six months later, he shipped on board
the privateer Vengeance, Thomas Thomas, captain, and
sailed from Newburyport to join the expedition to the Penob-
scot. Notwithstanding the disastrous failure that followed this
attempt to disUnlge the luiglish forces at the mouth of that
river, he returned to Newburyport and shipped on the armed
brig Pallas, commanded by William Knapp. The vessel was
captured, and the captain and crew thrown into prison, and
after being detained there several months, were exchanged
and sent home. Re-enlisting July 19, 1780, Mr. Lunt served
in the Continental army until December 4, 1780.

In July, 1782, he sailed in the ship Intrepid., mounting
twenty guns, Moses Brown, captain, for L'Orient, France,
where a cargo of ammunition and other military supplies was
purchased and taken to Baltimore, Md., before the formal
treaty of peace between England and the American colonies
was signed at Versailles.' After the close of the war, he
made several voyages to the West Indies, and soon became
part owner and master of a small vessel, and later a promi-
nent merchant and importer of foreign merchandise.

He married, June 11, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Daniel
Giddings of Ipswich. She died January 5, 1827 ; and on the

^ See half-tone print on page 66 of this volume.

* Kor further details relating to the life of Capt. William Nichols, see History of
Newburyport (Mrs. K. Vale Smith), pages 194- 1 97; Newlairyport Herald, August
I and 2, 1855; Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume VI, pages
229-236; History of Essex County (D. Hamilton Hurd), volume II, page 1764.

' History of Newburyport (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), page 118.

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thirty-first of July following he married Sarah B., daughter
of Edmund Swett, for his second wife. F'or nearly forty years
he owned and occupied a dwelling house, built in 1795 by
David Coffin, on the easterly side of High street, between
Lime and Parsons streets.' He died August 30, 1840, leav-
ing two sons and four daughters by his first marriage, and a
widow and one son by his second marriage.

MiCAjAH LuNT, son of Micajah and Sarah (Giddings)
Lunt, was born in Newburyport April 22, 1796. In 1813,
when seventeen years of age, he shippcxl on board the brig
Argus, a letter of marque, commanded by Capt. Harry Par-
sons, carrying thirteen guns, and sailed from Boston for
Nantz, P'' ranee, with a cargo of merchandise, capturing on the
homeward voyage one English ship and two brigs.

In 1815, Captain Lunt was part owner and master of the
brig Olive, and made several voyages to the continent of
Europe. Ten years later, he had a counting-room and ware-
houses on P^erry wharf, and was the nianaging owner of a
large number of Merrimack-built ships.

He married. May 29, 1826, Hannah Gyles, daughter of
Samuel Mulliken of Newburyport. She died October 8,
1829, leaving no children, ('aptain Lunt married, for his
second wife, Mary Johnson, daughter of Edmund Coffin of
Newbury, December 13, 1831.

In July, 1838, he purchased a three-story framed dwelling
house on the corner of High street and a lane or way called
Brown street, which he owned and occupied until his death.'

He was vice-president of the Newburyjwrt Marine Society

* John Kimlmll of IVtrtliiml, Me., sohl to I>avi(l (^oflin the land on which this
liou«c Mamis Kehniary 7, 1795 (Kssex Deeds, h<M»k 159, leaf 45). Micajah l^mt
purchased the property January 16, 1 801 (Essex Deeds, book 169, leaf 56). The
house, with the land under and adjoining it, was sold l)y the heirs of Micajah Lunt
to Lucius H. (ireeley January 18, 1897 (Kssex Deeds, book IS04, pages 250 and

' 'ITiis house was partly built by Knoch Thurston in 1805, and complete*! by
Kdward St. I^k* Livcrniore (see |»rcccdiiig pnj»es 60 to 62 inclusive).

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from November 30, 1837, to Noveml)cr 24, 1842, and presi-
dent from November, 1842, until Noveml>er, 1862. lie was
a large stockholder in the Hartlet Steam Mills, and president

of the company for twenty
years. 1 Ic was also piesident
of the Institution for Savings
ill Ncwl)ury])(»rt and Vicinity
from 1846 to 1855, president
of the Merchants Bank from
1854 to 1870, a director of
the Eastern Railroad Com-
pany for eight or ten years,
and a member of the state
senate for the session begin-
ning January 5, 1853.

He died January 8, 1874,
leaving a widow, one son,
Edmund Sydney Lunt, and one daughter, Mary Coffin Emit,
widow of the late Col. Edward (). She|)ard.

The above half-tone print is reproduced from a photograph
of Captain Lunt taken a few years previous to his death.

CAIT. MICAJAII I.UNT.

Capt. John Weij.s, son of Capt. John and Martha (Smith)
Wells, was lx)rn in Newburyport December 18, 1784. He
became interested in commercial affairs, and while in com-
mand of the brig EcuUm-, in 1S12, was captured by the ICng-
lish frigate Andromache and taken to iLugland. At a later
date he was the owner of several ships, brigs and schooners.

August 17, 1807, he married Sarah Newman of l^ortland,
Maine, and was admitted to membership in the Newbinyport
Marine Society November 26, 18 19. l**ive or six years
later, he purchased the three-story brick dwelling house on
the corner of Brown and High streets, where he lived until
his death/

' ICssex Deeds, b<K>k 204, leaf 119; an«l l<«H>k 238, leaf 47.

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When the Merchants Bank was incorporated, in March,
1 83 1, he was elected president, and held that office until
October, 1832, when he resigned, and in March, 1833, was
clcctal ]>rcsidcnt of the Ocean Bank.

He died January 12, 1835, when fifty years of age. His
widow, Sarah (Newman) Wells (or Wills, as the name is now
spelled), died September 5, 1875, aged eighty-seven.

Capt. John Newmarch Cushinc, son of Benjamin and
Hannah (II azcltinc) Gushing, was born in Salisbury, Mass.,
May 8, 1779. ^^^ married Lydia Dow April i, 1799, and
removed to Ncwbury)>ort in 1802, with his wife and one son,
Caleb Gushing, who was born January 17, 1800. Two chil-
dren, born at a later date, died in infancy, and Lydia, a
daughter, born in 1806, died in 1851.

Mr. Gushing made several voyages to the West India
islands at a very early age, and in 1 806 was part owner and
master of the ship llespcr, three hundred tons register. He
was an active and successful shipmaster until 181 5, when he
abandoned the sea and established himself in business as a
merchant in Newburyport. During the next twenty-five or
thirty years he was the principal owner of a large number of
vc.s.sels employed in trade with Ru.ssia, Holland, and other
countries in the north of Europe.

His wife, Lydia (Dow) Gushing, died November 6, 18 10,
and he married, January 29, 1815, Elizabeth, daughter of
Nicholas Johnson, by whom he had four children. He died
in Newburyport January 5, 1849.

John Nhwmakc^h Gusminc;, son of John Newmarch and
Elizabeth (Johnson) Gushing, was born in NcwburyiK)rt Oc-
tober 20, 1820. He married, May 16, 1843, Mary Eawrencc,
daughter of Lawrence and Rebekah Brown.

For many years he was engaged in the importation of salt,
hemp and other merchandise, in company with his brother,
William Gushing,'and his father, John N. Gushing, and from

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1851 to 1 891 was the managing owner of a large number of
merchant ships built on the Merrimack river. He was elected
a director of the Merchants National Bank in 1856, which
position he held until his death, July 12, 1904.

William Cushinc;, son of John Newmarch and Elizabeth
(Johnson) Gushing, was Iwrn in Newbury|X)rt August io»
1823. He graduated at Harvard college in July, 1843, and
a few months later went, for the benefit of his health, in a
sailing ship, to the Pacific coast, and thence to the Sandwich

Islands. On his return to
Newbury port he was for sever-
al years engaged in business
with his father, and afterward,
for twenty-five years, with his
brother, John N. Gushing, in
the importation of merchan-
dise and the management of
ships employed in the luiro-
pean and Kast India ti-adc.

1 le was mayor of the city of
Newburyport in 1856, 1857
and 1858, and was re-elected
for the year 1859, but declined
to serve. He was president of
the Ocean National Bank
from 1865 until the day of his
death, and representative to the General Gourt for the session
beginning January 3, 1872.

He married, Sept. 28, 1847, Sarah Moody, daughter of
Ebenezer and Fanny (Goolidge) Stone. She died June 26, 1 863 ;
and he married, for his second wife. May 29, 1866, Ellen M.
Holbrook of lk)ston. At or about that date, he purchased
the three-story frame dwelling house, No. 63 High street,
Newburyport, now owned by the estate of Solomon Bach-
man, where he lived until his death, Friday, October 15, 187s,

WII.I.IAM <USIilN(:.

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CIIAITER XXIII.

LAWYERS AND DOCTORS.

For nearly a century after the settlement of the colony of
Massachusetts Bay suits-at-law were prosecuted and defended
by men enpfa^ed in the ordinary business affairs of life. Law-
yers were not prohibited from practising their profession, but
they were looked upon with disfavor. At that date solicitors
and attorneys were employed, in England, to write deeds and
other legal papers, and barristers were allowed to plead in
the courts of common pleas and at the king's bench.

Thomas Lechford, "of Clements Inne in the county of
Middlesex,'* was probably the first lawyer who settled in l^s-
ton. lie came to New England in the summer of 1638, but
was regarded with distrust by those whose influence prevailed
in church and state. Twelve months after his arrival in the
colony of Massachusetts Bay he brought a suit to recover,
from Francis Doughty of Taunton, property belonging to
William Cole and his wife Elizabeth. His zeal for his clients
betrayed him into an indiscretion which subjected him to
censure at the quarterly court held in Boston September 3,
1639.

Mr. Thomas Lechford, for going to the Jewry & pleading wth them out
of Court, is debarred from pleading any mans cause hereafter, unless his
owne, and admonished not to prfume to meddle beyond what hee shalbee
called to by the Courte.'

In the month of December following, Lechford humbly
acknowledged the justice of the censure pronounced by the
court and asked liberty to continue the practice of his profes-

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 270.

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sion under certain restrictions.' This rocjiicst was probably
granted, and he was employed subsequently in transcribing
the laws of New England, which were, with some amend-
ments, incorporated in the Body of Liberties by Rev. Nathan-
iel Ward.

He was evidently a vigorous defender of the doctrines of
the Church of England, and frccjucntly expressed his views
and opinions in language that was severely criticised by the
elders of the church in Boston. He was summoned to ap-
pear at the quarterly court to answer to certain charges grow-
ing out of this controversy. Waiving the usual forms of
trial, he appealed to the mercy of the court, and confessetl
that he had spoken too freely of some matters connected
with church government in New England. The court ac-
cepted his apology and dismissed the case, according to the
following statement recorded December i, 1640 : —

Mr. Thomas Lechford, acknowledging hee had overshot himselfe & is
sorry for it, p'mising to attend his calling 9c not to meddle w«»» controver-
sies, was dismissed. ••

In the month of July following, Lechford considered it
advisable to close his office, settle his business affairs and
return to England. He sailed from Boston August 3, 1641,
and in November of that year was busily engaged in his
chambers in Clements Inn, London, preparing for the pre.ss a
l>(M)k, entitled " IMaine Ocaliiig, or Nowes from New ICng-
land," which was published in 1642.

Fifty years later, Benjamin Lynde, who had graduated at
Harvard college in 1686, went to London, studied law in the
Middle Temple, and was called to the bar in 1697. He was
one of the earliest well-educated lawyers in Massachusetts.
At that date the privilege of pleading in the lower courts
was granted to a college graduate after a residence of three

^ Introduction to ** Plaine Dealing, or Newes from New England " (lioston edi-
tion, MDCCCLXVII), page XXVII.

^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 310.

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or five years in one of the inns of court, but he was not raised
to the ranks of a barrister until he had practised two years
in the superior courts.

Daniel Farnham was probably the first lawyer who set-
tled in Newbury, Mass. He was born in York, Maine, in
1 7 19, and was fitted for college by Rev. Samuel Moody. He
graduated at Harvard in 1739, and married, in July, 1740,
Sibyll, daughter of Rev. Samuel Angier of Watertown, Mass.
lie read law for two or three years in the ofTice of Judge
Trowbridge, in Cambridge. After completing his studies, he
removed to Newbury, and devoted himself to his profession.
He was the only lawyer living east of Salem at that date.

October 1 1, 1749, he purchased a lot of land in Newbury,
on the corner of the country road, now High street, and the
way to the town common, now Auburn street.' On this lot
of land he built a dwelling house, which stood a little back
from the street, with three large elm trees in front, and a
garden in the rear enclosed by a high brick wall.*

He soon became prominent in his profession, and had a
large practice as attorney in the court of common pleas and
as barrister-at-law in the court of general sessions. He was
interested in public affairs, and took an active part in the dis-
cussion that preceded and followed the division of the town
of Newbury and the incorporation of Newburyport. The
first meeting of the inhabitants of the new town was held at
ten o'clock A. M. on the eighth of February, 1 764, at the
court house on State street. The warrant for the meeting

' Emex Dcedff, Uwik 102, leaves 208 ami 277.

' The Kelley 8ch<M>l hmim: was erected on the land where this dwcUinj» house once
stiNxl. Sec **()uld Newbury:" Historical and Hiographical Sketches, page 132.

In 1756, Mr. Kamham owned several vacant lots of land on the southwesterly
side of High street, near Kent street (Essex Deeds, book 102, leaf 278; book 106,
leaf 278; and book 116, leaves 25 and 26). In 1 769, he purchased a dwelling
house, Mrith the land under and adjoining the same, on the southeasterly comer of
High street and TopfMn's lane, which remained in his possession until his death
(Essex Deeds, book 126, leaf 204).

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was addressed to ** Daniel Famham, Esq., one of the principal
inhabitants of the Town of Newbury Port." He was elected
chairman of the first board of selectmen and representative
to the General Court for the session beginning May 30, 1 764.
In the struggle for American independence he was a loy-
alist, and opposed the separation of the colonies from the
mother country.

Ardent, high spirited and impetuous, he disdained to yield to the sug-
gestions of prudence which controlled the conduct of some of his friends,
and boldly denounced the leading Whigs and liberty men as law-breakers
and rebels. He was too far advanced in life when the troubles began to
be in sympathy with those ideas and principles which, resulting in indepen-
dence, shaped the policy and inspired the ambition of the radical whigs.>

He was moderator of the town meeting held March 8,
1774, and at the adjourned meeting held three days later,
but evidently considered it prudent to withdraw from public
life soon after that date.

A portrait of Daniel Famham, probably painted by Smi-
bcrt, is now owned by Mrs. Charlotte Louisa (I-amlKird)
Armitage, a great-granddaughter of Daniel l**arnham, and
widow of the Right Rev. William Edmond Armitage, late
bishop of Wisconsin. Several attempts to obtain a photo-
graphic copy of this portrait for the illustration of this sketch
have proved unsuccessful.

Katharine, daughter of Daniel Farnham, who married Capt.
John I lay, a Scotchman, August 6, 1774, lived in Boston
after her marriage. Her portrait, painted by Copley, now
in the possession of Francis D. Cobb, esq., df Barnstable and
Boston, Mass., is reproduced in the half-tone print on the
opposite page.

Mr. Farnham died May 18, 1776, "after a short sickness,
in which the symptoms were violent and the progress
irresistibly rapid."* Whether his death was due to natural

' Manuicript sketch of Daniel Farnham, by Hon. Ehen F. Stone.
* Manuscript letter from Dr. Micajah Sawyer, son-in-law of Daniel Farnham, to
Rev. Mr. Weld, another son-in-law.

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Katharinr (Farnham) May.

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causes or was hastened by the attacks of political opponents ;
whether he was the victim of f)ersonal violence or died of a
broken heart, has never been determined beyond a reasonable
doubt.

He was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. The in-
scription on his tombstone I'eads as follows : —

This Marble is erected in
Honour to the memory of
Daniel Famham, Esq.
Barrister-at-Law
of Newburyport
who died the i8ii) of May
1776
ylCtatis 56
also of
Mrs Sibyll Farnham
The Venerable Relict of
Daniel Farnham, Ksq.
Who died \7fi\ of June, 1797
-^'Uatis 79
" For we must needs die and are
As water spilt on the ground
Which cannot be gathered up again.*-
II Sami 14 : 14.

The following-named children of Daniel and Sibyll (An-
gler) Farnham were born in Newbury, now Newburyport : —

Daniel, bom January 27, 1741 ; died January 29, 1747.
^ William, " November 24, 1 744 ; died October 30, 1 760.
» Sibyll, " Nov. 28, 1 746 ; married Dr. Micajah Sawyer Nov. 27, 1 766.

> Hannah, " Feb. 13, 1748; married Rev. Ezra Weld of Braintree ;

died March 27, 1778.
Katharine, " April 7, 1751 ; married Capt. John Hay Aug. 6, 1774;

died September 17, 1826.
* Dorothy, " June 7, 1753; n^arried Dr. Josinh Smith' Oct. 22, 1782;

died September 14, 1801.

* Dr. Josiah Smith married, (or his first wife, Margaret Staniford of Ipswich
February 9, 1779. She died in Newburyport April 18, 1781, and was buried in the
Old Hill burying ground.

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Daniel, born July 22, 1755 ; died October 26, 1756.

Samuel, " September 12, 1757; died October 30, 1757.

Sarah, «« July 26, 1759; ^*^^ August 28, 1759.

William,* " Nov. 26, 1 760 ; married Hannah B. Emerson in 1 790.

John Lowell, sou of Rev. John Lowell, was born June
17, 1743, in a house then standing on Fish street, Newbury,
now State street, Newburyport. He graduated at Harvard
college in 1760, and was admitted to the bar two years later.
He marrictl, Janu.iry 3, 1767, Sarah Higginson, daughter of
Stephen Higginson of Salem, Mass.* She died May 5, 1772,
in the twenty-eighth year of her age, and Mr. Lowell mar-
ried, for his second wife, Susan Cabot, daughter of Francis
Cabot, May 31, 1774. Just previous to his second marriage
he built the large three-story dwelling house on High street,
nearly opposite the head of Buck street, where he lived when
he was elected representative to the General Court for the
session beginning May 29, 1 776.^ The next year he removed
to Boston, and in 1778 represented that town in the legisla-
ture. He was a delegate to the convention that framed the
constitution for the state of Massachusetts, in 1780, and
representative to the Continental congress in Philadelphia in
1782. lie was a member of the Massachusetts senate in
1785, and when the Federal government was organized, in
1 789, he was appointed judge of the United States district
court for Massachusetts, and was made chief-justice of the
new circuit court for Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island in 1801.^ He died in Roxbury May 6,
1802.

1 Sec preceding ]>agcR 230-232.

* At that date, there were only twenty- five barristers in Massachusetts, and two
o{ them — Daniel Famham and John Lowell — were in Newburyport.

•**Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 577-579;
iiistory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 59 and 60.

* History of Newburyport (Gushing), page 100; History of Newburyport (Mrs.
E. Vale Smith), pages 330334-

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TiiEOPHiLUS Parsons was born in Newbury February 24,
1750, graduated at Harvard in 1769, and afterward studied
law with Theophilus Bradbury in Falmouth, now Portland,
Maine. He was admitted to the bar in 1774, and opened a
law office in Newburyport in 1777. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, January 13, 1780;
and soon after that date built and occupied the three-story
dwelling-house on the northwesterly corner of Washington
and Green streets.'

Rufus King, John Quincy Adams, Robert Treat Paine,
Edward St. Loe Livermore and others, afterwards prominent
in public life, were students-at-law in his office. At the close
of the year 1 800 he removed to Boston, and in 1 806 was ap-
pointed chief-justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts,
which office he held until his death, October 30, 181 3.'

John Quincy Adams, born in Braintree, Mass., in 1767,
visited Europe with his father in 1778, and again in 1780, re-
maining there until 1785. Returning to Massachusetts, he
entered Harvard college in the autumn of that year, and
graduated in July, 1787. In the month of September follow-
ing, he began the study of law in the office of Mr. Parsons in
Newburyport. For more than a year he boarded in the fam-
ily of Martha Leathers, widow, in a house then standing on
the southeasterly side of Market square. ^

' The frame o( Mr. Parsons' dwelling house was raised in May, 1788, but the
land on which it stood was not conveyed to him by Benjamin Greenleaf until May
2, 1789.

' For further details, see History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages392-
loi, and **Ould Newbury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, images 331-33S.

' Martha Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell, shipwright, married John Jones,
mariner (see Essex Deeds, book 95, leaf 231; and book iii, leaf 229). On the
first day of April, 1765, she was appointed a<1ministratnx of the estate of Capt.
John Jones, and the next day she married Joseph Leathers of Newburyport. At
that date she owned the dwelling house and land on the southeasterly side of Mar-
ket square, formerly the property of her father, John Mitchell. March 21, 1 783,
the selectmen laid out a way, '* beginning at the north comer of Mr. William
Jenkins house, by Fish street,** thence running southeasterly to Rogers street, 10

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In a letter to his mother, dated Newburyport, December
33, 1787, he wrote as follows : —

I board at Mrs. Leathers *s — a good old woman ; who even an hun-
dred years ago would have stood in no danger of being hangM for witch-
craft She is, however, civil and obliging, and, what is very much in her
favour, uncommonly silent — so that if I am deprived of the charms, I
am also free from the impertinence of conversation. There is one
boarder beside myself, a Dr. Kilham (I hope the name will not scare
you), one of the representatives from this town, a very worthy man ; and
a man of sense and learning. Was it not for him, I should be at my
ImlgingK a.H .solitary a.s an hermit. There is very agreeable society in
the town ; though 1 seldom go into company.

At a later date, he evidently became more intimately ac-
quainted with the beaux and belles of the town, and devoted
considerable time to dinner and card parties and other social
entertainments. For his own edification and the amusement
of his intimate friends, he wrote a poem entitled •* A Vi.sion,**
in which he criticised the airs, graces and follies of some of
the young ladies then prominent in society.' Under the date
of January 24, 1788, he wrote in his diary as follows : —

1 began yesterday upon another attempt to ascend Parnassus ; and
this time I am determined to take it leisurely. I have frequently made
a trial of my strength in this way ; but my patience has always been

called, an<l thence in a northwesterly direction ** to the west corner o( Mrs. l^nth-
€r8 house'* (Town of Newburyport (Selectmen's) records). May 30, 1785,
Martha l^eathers, widow, was appointed administratrix of the estate of her hus-
band, Joseph Leathers, an<l when John Quincy Adams came to Newburyport, in
1787, she furnished him with board and lodging. She probably retained posses-
sion of the house thnt she occupied at that date until Kc1)ruary3, 1795 (Kssex
Deeds, Iwok 164, leaf 14). .She died January 29, 1798, aged seventy-one, and
was buried in .St. Paul's churchyard. Her will, dated May 27, i795t and proved
April 2, 1798, mentions a daughter, Elizabeth Martin, widow, and an adopted
daughter, Sarah Leathers.

The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette for May 9, 1800, announced the
marriage of Dr. Peter Marchant of Charleston, S. C, to Miss Sally Leathers of
Newburyport, on .Sunday [May 4, 1800], the Right Rev. Edward Bass, D. D.,
officiating.

' .See Appendix.

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overcome after proceeding but little. I have, I suppose; begun an hun-
dred times to write poetry. I have tried every measure and every kind
of strophe, but of the whole I never finished but one of any length, and
that was in fact but the work of a day. 4t is contained in a former vol-
ume of this Journal.' I fear 1 shall end this time as I always do. . . .
I communicated to Little' my design of drawing a number of female
characters, but I doubt whether it will ever be anything more than a
design. 3

Although generally cheerful and hopeful, he was sometimes
despondent and discouraged in regard to his future prospects
in life. After discussing the subject with a fellow-student, he
wrote in his diary, May 1 3, 1 788, as follows : —

I have two long years yet before me, which must be wholly employed
in study, to qualify myself for anything. 1 have no fortune to expect
from any part, and the profession is so much crowded that 1 have no
prospect of supporting myself by it for several years after I begin.
These are great causes of discouragement ; but my only hope and com-
fort is that diligence, industry, and death may overcome them all.4

Theophilus Parsons, esq., was appointed by the inhabitants
of Newburyport to prepare an address to the president of the
United States, — George Washington, — on his arrival at the
Tracy house, now the Public Library building, October 30,
1789. It is evident, however, that John Quincy Adams as-
sisted in the preparation of this address and in the public
reception that followed. In a letter to his mother, dated
Newburyport, December 5, 1789, he wrote: —

I had the honor of paying my respects to the President upon his ar-
rival in this town, and he did me the honour to recollect that he had seen
me a short time before at New York. I had the honour of spending
part of the evening in his presence at Mr. Jackson's. 1 had the honour
of breakfasting in the same room with him the next morning at Mr.

' Written while in I larvani college.

* Dr. Moses Little, son of Richard Little, born in Newbury July 4, 1766. He
was a classmate of John Quincy Adams.

• Life in a New England Town (Diary of John Q. Adams), page 88.

^ Life in a New England Town (Diary of John Q. Adams), page 134.

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Dalton*s. 1 had the honour of writing the billet which the major gen-
eral of the county sent him to inform him of the military arrangements
he had made for his reception. And 1 had the honour of draughting an
address which, with many alterations and additions (commonly called
amendments) was presented to him by the town of Newbury Port.*

Additional facts relating to the course of study pursued in
Mr. Parsons* office, and incidents connected with the social
life that prevailed in Newburyport at the close of the eighteenth
century, will be found in Mr. Adams* diary, which covers a
l>cri<Kl of nearly three years, and gives an interesting account
of many important local events.

September 7, 1833, Mr. Adams, on his return from a trip
to the White Mountains, passed through Newburyport and
stopped a few hours to re-visit the scenes of his youth. Many
inhabitants of the town improved the opportunity to call upon
him and extend to him a hearty welcome.^

He came again to Ncwl)ury|K)rt to deliver an oi-ation on the
fourth of July, 1837, and on the evening of that day received
his friends and acquaintances at a public reception held in the
town hall.5

Theophilus Bradbury, son of Theophilus and Ann (Wood-
man) Bradbury, was born in Newbury November 13, 1739 \
graduated at Harvard in 1757, and commenced the practice
of law in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, in 1762. He re-
moved to Newburyport in 1779, and in 1786 purchased a lot
of land on the northwesterly side of Green street, on which
he built a dwelling house that he owned and occupied until
his death.

He soon became prominent in public affairs, and was a
member of the Massachusetts senate from 1791 to 1794 in-
clusive, and a representative to congress from 1 795 to 1 797.

* Life in a New England Town (Diary oC John Q. Adams), page 1 78.

* Newburyport Herald, Scptemljer 10, 1833.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 418 and 435.

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lie resigned his seat in congress, and was appointed one of
the justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.
He died in Newburyport September 6, 1 803.'

RuKUS King, son of Richard and Isabella (Bragdon) King^
was born in ScarlK)rough, Maine, March 24, 1755, and gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1777. He read law with Theophilus Par-
sons, was admitted to the bar in 1780, and opened an office
in Newburyport. He was elected representative to the Gen-
eral Court in 1783, 1784 and 1785, and was also a del^^te
to the Continental congress at Trenton and to the convention
that assembled at Philadelphia for the purpose of framing a
constitution for the United States. He removed to New
York in 1788, and was elected senator to congress from that
state. Subsequently he was appointed minister plenipoten-
tiary to the court of St. James. He died at Jamaica, Long
Island, April 29, 1827.

Grorc.r Rradhury, son of Hon. Theophilus and Sarah
(Jones) Bradbury, was born in Falmouth, now Portland,
Maine, in 1770. He removed with his father and other mem-
bers of the family to Newburyport in 1779, and was an attor-
ney-at-law in 1 796, authorized to practise in the supreme
judicial court of Massachusetts. He married, June 15, 1800,
Mary Kent of Falmouth, and was one of the representatives
to the General Court from Newburyport in 1801 and 1802.
He returned to Falmouth in 1804, and was a representative
to the General Court from Cumberland county for the ses-
sions beginning in May, 1806, and extending to May, 1813^
except for the session beginning May 30, 18 10. He was
afterward elected a member of congress from Cumberland
county, and served for two conseaitive terms, from May 24,
181 3, to March 3, 1817.

Thomas Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas Thomas and Mar-

* For further details, see Chapter XXIX.

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tha, his wife, was bom in Newburyport January 26, 1773.'
He graduated at Harvard college in 1 790. Josiah Quincy,
afterward mayor of Boston, and Samuel C. Crafts, governor
of Vermont and senator to congress from that state, were
among his classmates.

He married Ann Jenkins June 4, 1795, and was an attor-
ney-at-law in Newburyport from that date until the beginning
of the nineteenth century, when he turned his attention to
industrial enterprises, and became financially embarrassed
during the war of 18 12.* He removed to Vermont, and
afterwards to the city of New York, where his wife died De-
cember 18, 1836, and he died June 18, 1844. Both were
buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburyport.

Dudley Atkins Tyng, son of Dudley and Sarah (Kent)
Atkins, was born in Newbury September 3, 1 760. He grad-
uated at Harvard in 1781, and for two or three years after
that date was tutor in a wealthy family in Virginia. While
engaged in that occupation he read law with one of the judges
of the supreme court of that state, and was admitted to the
bar in 1784. Returning to Massachusetts the next year, he
was appointed, in 1786, justice of the peace for the county of
Essex. 5 At or about that date Mrs. Sarah Winslow of Tyngs-
borough, a distant relative, having no children, offered to con-
vey to him a considerable part of her estate, provided he
would take the name of Tyng, and January 16, 1790, the

' Capt. Thoinai Thomas was a member o( the committee of safety in 1774 and
1775; captain of the Newburyport Artillery Company in 1778; and captain of
the privateer Vengeance in 1779. He married Martha Titcomb September 18,
1769. She died August 31, 1793; *•**' ^^ ^^^^ August 1, 1796. Koth were buried
in St. PauPs churchyard.

•'llie following notice was published in the Newburyport Herald May 23, 1815: —

« Thomas Thomas late of Newburyport now of Windsor Vt. desires to make a
compromise with his creditors and requests that all demands be presented to

Wm. B. Banister, his attorney."

• Dudley Atkins was a justice of the peace from 1785 to 1790 inclusive. See
Fleet's Pocket Almanac and Massachusetts Register.

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General Court passed an act authorizing him to change his
name to Dudley Atkins Tyng.

In the month of October following, he was a delegate from
St. Paul's church, Newburyport, to a convention held in Salem
to prepare a constitution for the government of the Episcopal
churches in Massachusetts.'

In 1 791, he opened an office and began the practice of law
in Newburyport, but the sudden death of Mrs. Winslow made
it necessary for him to change his plans. October 1 8, 1 792,
he married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Higginson of Cam-
bridge and Boston, and removed to Tyngsborough, where the
real estate devised to him was located, and devoted himself
to agricultural pursuits. For three years he had the care and
management of a thousand acres of land in that town, but
the soil was unproductive, and he considered it advisable to
sell the place and return to Newburyport, where he held the
office of collector of customs from 1795 to 1803, and was a
member of the Massachusetts senate for the session begin-
ning May 25, 1803.

Removing to Boston in 1 804, he was for eighteen years the
official reporter of the supreme judicial court, and prepared
the decisions of the court for publication. In 1823, he re-
turned to the home of his ancestors in Newbury, now New-
buryport, where he resided until his death, August i, 1829.
He was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.

His oldest son, Dudley Atkins Tyng, jr., born July 12,
1 798, and graduated at Harvard in 18 16, was authorized by
the General Court, June 17, 181 7, to take the name of Dud-
ley Atkins. Subsequently he studied medicine in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and was for several years a physician in
Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died April 7, 1845.

Another son, Rev. Stephen Higginson Tyng, lx)rn March
1, 1 800, was for many years rector of St. George's (Episco-
pal) Church, New York City. He died at Irvington, N. Y.,
December 3, 1885.

* History of Newbi!ry|x>rt (Currier), volume I, |iages 258-260.

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John Lowell, son of John and Sarah (Higginson) Lowell,
was born in Newburyport October 6, 1769.* He graduated
at Harvard college in 1 786, and was admitted to the bar of
Suffolk county in 1790. He married, June 8, 1793, Rebec-
ca, daughter of John and Katherine (Greene) Amory of Bos-
ton. For ten or twelve years he was a prominent member of
the l^;al profession in that city, but was compelled, on ac-
count of ill health, to seek rest and recreation on the conti-
nent of Europe. He was absent three years, but did not
resume the practice of law on his return to Boston in 1806.
During the war of 181 2 he was an ardent Federalist and
denounced the embargo with great vigor. His political
pamphlets were collected and re-published in two octavo vol-
umes. He was deeply interested in agriculture, a prominent
member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Association,
and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He died
suddenly, in Ikjston, March 12, 1840.

Charles Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy)
Jackson, was born in Newburyport May 31, 1775* He grad-
uated at Harvard in 1793, read law with Theophilus Parsons,
and after completing his studies was admitted to practice in
the courts of Essex county, opening an office in Newbury-
port. *' He quickly rose to the front ranks of the bar, and
became second only to his great master in forensic distinc-
tion."* He removed to Boston in 1803, and was appointed
one of the justices of the supreme court of Massachusetts in
1 81 3. Owing to ill health, he resigned his seat on the bench
in 1823, and went to England, where he remained for ten or
twelvemonths. Returning to Boston in 1824, he resumed
the practice of his profession, and in 1832 was one of the
commissioners appointed to revise the general statutes of the
commonwealth. He died in Boston December 13, 1855.

* "Quid Newbury:*' Historical and Riographicml Sketches, page 578.

• History of Newburyport (Gushing), page 104.

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Thomas Paine, son of Hon. Robert Treat Paine, who was
an eminent lawyer, and one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence, was bom in Taunton, Mass., December 9"
1773. He graduated at Harvard in 1792, and in 1794 began
the publication of a semi-weekly newspaper in Boston called
** The Federal Orrery," which was discontinued two years
later for lack of patronage. Disregarding the entreaties of
his father, he married, in February, 1795, Miss Eliza Baker,
an actress. A few months later he published a poem entitled
" The Invention of Letters," which yielded him fifteen hun-
dred <jollars, and the next year a poem called " The Ruling
Passion," for which he received twelve hundred dollars. In
1 798, he wrote the famous political song, " Adams and Lib-
erty," which had a large circulation, and was sung at all the
theatres, on public occasions, throughout the United States.
At the urgent solicitation of friends, he decided to turn his
attention to the study of law, and came to Newburyport in
1 798 or 1 799, entering the office of Theophilus Parsons. On
the second of January, 1800, he delivered a eulogy on the
life and character of Washington, in the First Presbyterian
meeting-house on Federal street.' In the autumn of that
year he returned to Boston, where he was admitted to the bar
in 1802. A special act of the General Court, passed March
8, 1803, authorized him to take the name of Robert Treat
Paine. He had a law office in Boston for five or six years,
but neglected his clients, ami devoted much of his time to
convivial company and dramatic entertainments. He died
in that city, in misery and destitution, November 13, 181 1.

Edward Little, son of Col. Josiah and Sarah (Toppan)
Little, was bom in Newbury March 12, 1773. He graduated
at Dartmouth in 1797, read law with Theophilus Parsons,
opened an office in Newburyport in 1801, removed to
Portland in 181 3, and in 1826 to Danville, Maine, where he
died September 21, 1849.

* This eulogy wai published in Newburyport by Edmund ^M. Blunt. See
History o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 494.

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Edward St. Loe Livermore, son of Samuel and Jane
(Browne) Livermore, was bom in Portsmouth, N. H., April 5,
1762. He read law in the office of Theophilus Parsons,
in Newburyport, and in 1783 opened a law office in Concord,
N. H., and afterward in Portsmouth.

He removed to Newburyport in 1802, and soon became
prominent in public affairs. In 1805 and 1806 he was a
representative to the General Court, and a member of con-
gress in 1807 and 1809. At the close oi his congressional
career, in March, 181 1, he sold his dwelling house in New-
buryport and removed to Boston.'

Daniel Appleton White was born June 7, 1776, in that
part of Methuen which was subsequently set off and included
within the present limits of the city of Lawrence. He grad-
uated at Harvard in 1797, and was admitted to the bar in
June, 1804. A few months later, he began the practice of
law in Newburyport. May 24, 1807, he married Mrs. Mary
van Schalkwyck, daughter of Dr. Josiah Wildes of Lancaster,
Mass. She died June 29, 181 1. The following-named chil-
dren of Daniel and Mary (Schalkwyck) White were born in
Newburyport : —

Mary Elizabeth, bom March 27, 1808; died October 8, 1808.
Elizabeth Amelia, " May 4, 1809.
Isabella Hazen, ** December 12, 1810.

For five years, beginning with May 30, 18 10, Mr. White
was a member of the Massachusetts senate. November 7,
1 8 14, he was elected representative to congress, but resigned,
before the first meeting in May, 1815, to accept the office of
judge of probate for Essex county, to which he was appointed
by Caleb Strong, governor of Massachusetts.

In 1 8 1 7, he removed to Salem, where he married, August
I, 18 19, Mrs. Eliza Wetmore, daughter of William Orne of
Salem, by whom he had one son. He resigned the office of
probate judge July i, 1853, ^"^ died in Salem March 30, 1861.

' See Chapter XXIX.

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Joseph Dana, son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Staniford)
Dana was born in Ipswich June lo, 1769. He graduated at
Dartmouth in 1788; studied divinity, and afterwards was
licensed to preach. On account of ill health, however, he
decided to begin the practice of law, and opened an office in
Newburyport. He married Lucy, daughter of John Temple,
May 31, 1805 ; and was a member of the Essex Bar associa-
tion at its organization in 1806. His brother. Rev. Daniel
Dana, was pastor of the First Presbyterian church and society
in Newburyport from 1794 to 1820.

Joseph Dana removed to Athens, Ohio, in 18 17, and died
there November 18, 1849.

Ebenezer Moseley, son of Ebenezer and Martha (Strong)
Moseley, was born in Windham, Connecticut, November 21,
1 78 1, graduated at Yale in 1802, and read law with Judge
Chauncey of New Haven, Judge Clark of Windham, and
Judge Hinckley of Northampton. In 1805 he came to
Ncwburyix)rt, opened a law office, and soon had a large and
lucrative practice.

June 17, 18 10, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Edward
and Mary (Fox) Oxnard of Portland, Maine, and in 1 8 1 3 was
elected colonel of the sixth regiment of the Massachusetts
militia. During the war between the United States and
Great Britain, from 18 12 to 1815, Mr. Moseley vigorously op-
|)osed the national administration and denounced the embargo
as an arbitrary and unjustifiable infringement of the consti-
tional rights of the citizens of Massachusetts." He was an
able and attractive public speaker, a prominent lawyer, and a
representative to the General Court from 181 5 to 18 19 inclu-
sive. In 1 82 1 and 1822 he was a member of the state senate
and made the address of welcome to General LaFayette
when he visited Newburyport in August, 1824.

Mr. Moseley was one of the presidential electors from the
state of Massachusetts in 1832, and voted with his associates

* ff istory oi Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 656-658 and 664-665.

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in the electoral college for Henry Clay in preference to An-
drew Jackson. In 1834 and 1835 he again represented the
citizens of Newburyport at the state house in Boston, and,
May 26, 1835, presided at the exercises held to celebrate
the two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town
of Newbury.

He was retained as counsel in many important civil and
criminal cases, and was associated with Daniel Webster in
the trial of Joseph Jackman for the alleged robbery of Maj.
Elijah P. Goodridge in the vicinity of the Essex Merrimack
bridge, in 18 16.' At that date, or during the next ten or
fifteen years, John Pierpont, Robert Cross, Asa W. Wildes,
Stephen W. Marston and Robert Pinckney Dunlap, afterward
governor of Maine, were students-at-law in his office.

His wife, Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, died March 9,
1840. He died August 28, 1854, leaving the following-named
children: Edward Strong Moseley, born June 22, 1813 ;
William Oxnard Moseley, born April 27, 181 5 ; Lucy Jones
Moseley, born July 5, 1817 (married October 23, i860. Rev.
A. B. Muzzey of Newbury|X)rt), and Mary Ann Moseley,
born October 12, 1824 (married March 3, 1849, Oliver
Hazard Perry of Andover, Mass.).

A ix)rtrait of Ebenezer Moseley, painted several years pre-
vious to his death, is in the possession of his granddaughter,
Mrs. Arthur C. Nason. A photographic copy of this portrait,
lonnal by his grandsons, Charles W. and I^Vcdcrick .S. Mose-
ley, for the illustration of this sketch, is reproduced in the
half-tone print on the preceding page.

Michael Hoikje, jr., son of Michael and Sarah Hodge,
was born in Newburyport September 9, 1780.* He graduated
at Harvard in 1799, and began the practice of law in Ncw-

' ** (hild Newbury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, |>ages 228 and 229.

^ Michael Hodge, sr., was naval officer in the custom house at Newburyport
from 1776 to 1784, and town clerk from 1780 to 1790. He died in Newburyport
June 24, 18 16.

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buryport three or four years later. He was interested in
Masonry, and delivered an address before St. Peter's lodge,
which was printed in 1802, and one before the Merrimack
Humane Society, printed in 1808.

He married Mary Johnson, daughter of Capt. Nicholas
Johnson, March 21, 1805. She died September 29, 1810;
and, in November, 1815, he removed to Plymouth, Mass.,
where he married Betsey Hayward Elliott, daughter of Dr.
James Thacher, and widow of Daniel Elliott of Savannah,
Georgia. He died in Plymouth July 6, 18 16.

William Bostwick Banister, son of Seth and Mary
(Warriner) Banister, was born in Brookfield, Mass., Novem-
ber 8, 1773. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1797; and
began the practice of law in Newbury, Vermont, in the year
1800. He married Susan, daughter of Capt. Phineas Up-
ham of Brookfield, January i, 1801 ; and removed to New-
buryport, where he opened a law office on State street in
1807. He was elected representative to the General Court
for the session beginning May 30, 18 10, and was re-elected
for the sessions held in 1811, 1812 and 181 3. He married,
for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Moses Brown of New-
buryport, November 30, 1 8 1 2 ; and, for his third wife,
Zilpah Polly, daughter of Joel Grant of Norfolk, Connecticut,
September 7, 1841. He died in Newburyport July i, 1853.

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp, son of Isaac and Susanna (New-
man) Knapp, was born in Newburyport January 19, 1783.
He graduated at Dartmouth in 1804, read law with Theophi-
lus Parsons, opened an office in Newburyport in 1 809, and
five years later married Mary Ann Davis of Boston.'

Having been elected representative to the General Court
for the session beginning May 27, 18 12, he served in that
capacity until the close of the year 18 16, when, becoming

* Intention of marriage filed with the town clerk of Newburyport June 18, 1814.

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financially embarassed, he was imprisoned for debt. While
confined in the Newburyport jail he wrote " Extracts from
the Journal of Marshall Soult."'

In 1817, he removed to Boston, and was associated with
Daniel Webster as coimsel for Levi and Laban Kenniston,
who were arrested, tried and acquitted, in April of that year,
for the alleged robbery of Elijah Putnam Goodridge, at or near
the Essex-Merrimack bridge, in Newburyport.

Although fairly successful in his profession, he decided a
few years later to devote his time and attention to literary
work. In 1824, he was a regular contributor to the Boston
Galaxy and Commercial Advertiser; in 1825, editor and
proprietor of the Boston Monthly Magazine ; and afterwards
editor of the National Journal in Washington, D. C, and of
the Commercial Advertiser in New York City.

He published during his life orations, biographies and mis-
cellaneous sketches with titles as follows : —

Oration delivered in Uie meeting hoiiHe of ilie First Religious Society of
Newburyport, July 4, 1810.

Oration before St. Peter's and St. Mark's lodges, Newburyport, on the
festival of St. John the Baptist, in 181 1.

Oration before the Merrimack Humane Society, September 3, 1811.

Oration before the Associated Disciples of Washington, February 22,
1812.

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria,
and Turkey, wriUcn by himself, tw(i volumes, published in Phila-
delphia in 1815.

Extracts from the Journal of Marshall Soult, published in Newburyport
in 1817.

Obituary notice of Rev. Francis Anthony Matignon, first published in
the New England Galaxy, September 25, 1818, and afterwards re-
printed and published in pamphlet form.

Eulogy on the character of Shubael Bell, Esq., delivered in Christ
Church, Boston, at the request of St. John's lodge, in 181 9.

Sketches of eminent lawyers, statesmen, and men of letters, in 1 82 1 .

1 History of Newburyport (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), page 327; History of New-
buryport (Currier), volume I, page 498.

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Memoire of Geqeral Lafayette, in 1824.

Oration before the Society of the Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth Col-
lege, August 19, 1824.

Discourse on the life and character of DeWitt Clinton, in 1828.

Address delivered before the New ICngland Society, in 1829.

Lectures on American Literature, with remarks on some passages of
American history, in 1 829.

Sketches of Public Characters, by Ignatius Loyola Robertson, a resident
of the United States, in 1830.

A memoir of the life of Daniel Webster, in 1831.

Advice in the pursuits of literature, containing historical, biographical,
and critical remarks, in 1.S32.

Female Biography, containing notices of distinguished women of dilTer
ent ages and nations, in 1^34.

Life of Thomas Kddy, with extensive correspondence, in 1834.

Tales of the garden of Kosciuszko, in 1834.

Life of Aaron Burr, in 1835.

The Bachelors, and other tales founded on American incidents and
character, in 1 836.

Life of Timothy Dexter, in 1838.

He also edited Hortoii's History of the United States, in
1834, and th^ Library of American History, in 1837. He
removed from New York City in 1835 to Hopkinton, Mass.,
where he died July 8, 1838.

Stephkn lIooPEK, JR., son of Stephen and Alice Hooper,"
was born in Newburyport April 7, 1785. He graduated at
Harvard in 1808, was admitted to the bar in 18 10, and began
the practice of law in Newburyport. His father having died
in 1802, he lived with his mother, near Pipe-Stave hill, in
Newbury.* He wa.s one of the representatives from that
town to the General Court in 18 10, 181 1, and 18 12, and a
member of the state .senate in 1815 and 18 16. He removed

* Stephen Hooper, sr., married, for hii first wile, Sarah Woodhridge of New-
buryport October 10, 1764. She died June 26, 1779. His second wile, Alice
Hooper, died May 8, 1812.

' That part o( the town was set of and incorporated by the name of Parsons in
181 9, an<1 the next year the name was changed to West Newbury.

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to Boston, and opened a law office in that city in October,
1818. On the twenty-third of March, 1823, he married
I Susan Coffin Marquand of Newburyport. He died in Boston
September 16, 1824.

John Pierpont, son of James and Elizabeth (Collins)
rierix>nt, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, April 6, 1785.
He graduated at Yale in 1804 ; and was afterward a private
tutor in the family of Col. William Alston in South Carolina.
He subsequently read law, was admitted to the bar, and,
September 23, 18 10, married Mary Sheldon, daughter of
Lynde and Mary (Lyman) Lord. In November, or December,

181 1, he opened a law office in Newburyport, and in March,

181 2, was elected a member of the school committee. He
subsequently prepared, in behalf of the citizens of Newbury-
port, a memorial presented to the General Court, protesting
against the proposed division of the state into senatorial dis-
tricts, and was a member of a special committee appointed to
prepare a similar memorial protesting against the declaration
of war between the United States and Great Britain*

He read the Declaration of Independence at the public
exercises held in the meeting-house of the First Religious
Society of Newburyport July 4, 1812 ; and on the twenty-
seventh of October following, at a meeting of the members
of the Washington Benevolent society, he read a poem de-
ploring the effects of the war and the embargo.'

In 18 14 or 18 1 5, he removed to Boston, where he studied
for the ministry. John and Mary Sheldon (Lord) Pierpont
had the following-named children born respectively in Litch-
field, Newburyport, Baltimore and Boston : —

* Newburyport Town Records, volume II, pages 423, 427 and 431.

* 'rhis poem was publishetl in pamphlet form. The title-page reads as follows:
« * The Portrait || A Poem || Delivered before the || Washington Benevolent Socie-
ty II of Newburyport || on the evening of October 27, 181 2 11 By John I*ierpont
E8<|. II Boston II Published by Bradford & Read || J. B. Waitt & Co. Printers ||
1812."

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William Alston,

Mary £.,

Juliette,

John,

James,

Caroline Augusta,

bom in Litchfield July 11, 181 1.
«« in Newburyport Sept. 18, 181 2.
« in Baltimore July 30, 1816.

" in Boston Nov. 24, 1819.

«< " April 2S, 1822.

" " Aug, 21, 1823.

In 1 8 19, Rev. John Pierpont
was ordained pastor of the
Mollis Street Congregational
church in l^ston, and was
afterward pastor of Congrega-
tional churches In Troy, N. Y.,
and Medford, Mass. He mar-
ried Mrs. Harriet Louisa, wid-
ow of Mr. George W. Fowler,
for his second wife. There
were no children by this mar-
riage. In 1840, he published
** Airs of Palestine and other
Poems," and, later, a volume
containing twenty sermons and
public addresses. He died in Medford August 27, 1866.

The above half-tone print is reproduced from a photograph
of Mr. Pierix)nt now in the pos.session of the First Parish
church of Medford.

JOHN PIERPONT.

Caleb Cusiiing, son of John N. and Lydia (Dow) Cush-
ing, was born in Salisbury, Mass., January 1 7, 1 800. When
he was only two years old his parents removed with him to
Newburyport. lie was fitted for college by Michael Walsh
at Stilisbury Point, gniduated at Harvard in 1817, attended
the Harvard law school, read law for two or three years
in the ofTice of Ebcnezer Moseley, esq., in Newburyport,
and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He married,
November 23, 1824, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Hon.
Samuel S. Wilde, justice of the supreme court of Massachu-

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setts. She died, childless, August 28, 1832 ; and Mr. Gush-
ing did not marry again. His subsequent career as a lawyer,
statesman and diplomatist has been described elsewhere, and
need not be repeated here.*

Stephen W. Marston, the son of Peter and Rebecca
(Webster) Marston, was lM)rn in h'airlec, Vermont, Dei^cmbcr
28, 1787. He graduated at Dartmouth in 181 1; and read
law with Edward Little and William B. llannister in New-
buryport, and the Hon. Daniel Appleton White in Salem,
Mass. In 181 5, he opened an office in Newburyport, and in
18 17 was one of the counsel for the defence in the celebrated
Goodridge robbery case. Daniel Webster l)cing the senior
attorney. 1 le was apix)inted justice of the Newburyport ix)lice
court in 1833, and held that office until 1866. He died in
Newburyport August 27, 1873.

•.» Asa Waldo Wilhes, son of Dudley and Hethiah
(Harris) Wildes, was l>orn in Topsficid May 3, 1786. He
graduated at Dartmouth in 1809, and, after teaching school
for several years in Newburyport and elsewhere, read law in
the office of Stephen W. Marston. June 7, 1818, he married
Eliza Ann, daughter of Abel Lunt. He was admitted to the
bar in 1820, and had a law office in Newburyport until 1828,
when he was apix)inted one of the Essex county commis-
sioners, which office he held until 1856, with the excepticm of
one term of three years, from 1842 to 1845. He died in
Newburyport December 4, 1857.

William Stickney Allen, son of Ephraim W. and Doro-
thy (Stickney) Allen, was born in Newburyport April 30,
1805. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1824, read law with
Stephen W. Marston, and opened an office in Newburyport in

■ See Chapter XXVIII ; <« Quid Newbury : '* Historical and Biographical Sketch-
et, pages 664-671; and History of Essex County, edited by D. Hamilton llurd,
Tolumc I, pages XXXVII-XL.

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1827. He married Margaret Ann, daughter of John T.
Ross, December 19, 1832. For two or three years after that
date he was one of the proprietors of the Newburyport Daily
and Semi- Weekly Herald. In 1837, he removed to St. Louis,
Missouri, and was engaged in editorial work on the Missouri '
Republican for several years. He died in June, 1868, in St.
Louis.

Robert Cross, son of William and Ruth (Stacy) Cross,
was l>«>rn in Ncwlniry|x)rt July 3, 1 799. 1 Ic graduated at
Harvard in 18 19, read law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer
Moseley, was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of
his profession in Newburyport in 1823. He was elected
representative to the General Court for the session beginning
May 31, 1826; and, in 1828, married Mary Cabot Tyng,
daughter of Dudley Atkins Tyng. In 1830, he removed to
Amesbury, and in 1844 to Michigan. Returning to Massa-
chusetts in 1849, he settled in Lawrence, where he opened
an olTicc and lived until his death, November 9, 1859.

George Lunt, son of Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Lunt, was
born in Newburyport December 31, 1803, and graduated at
Harvard in 1824. He began the practice of law in New-
buryport three or four years later, and was elected represen-
tative to the General Court for the session beginning May 26,
1830. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate in
1835 and 1836, and a member of the house. of representa-
tives for the sessions beginning January 4, 1837, ^^^ January
6, 1841.

Removing to Boston in 1848, he was appointed United
States attorney for the district of Massachusetts in 1 849,
serving in that capacity until 1853. For nine years, from
1856 to 1865, he was one of the editors of the Boston Cour-
ier, removing subsequently to Scituate, Mass., where he
resided during the summer months. He died in Boston May
17, 1885, having published during his life several volumes of

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prose sketches, poems and miscellaneous essays, with titles as
follows : —

The Grave of Byron, with other Poems, 1826

Poems, 1 839

Age of Gold, and other Poems, 1843

Culture, 1843

The Dove and the Eagle, 1851

Lyric Poems, Sonnets, and Miscellanies, 1854

Eastford, or Household Sketches, 1855

Julia, 1855
Three Eras of New England, and other addresses, 1857

The Union, a poem, 1 860

Origin of the late war, 1 866

Old New England Traito, 1873

Poems, 1884

Henry Willis Kinsman, son of Dr. Aaron and Nancy
(Willis) Kinsman, was bom in Portland, Maine, March 6,
1803. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1822; read law with
Daniel Webster in Boston, and Ix^gan the practice of his pro-
fession in that city in 1826. He married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Benjamin Willis of Boston, October i, 1828. Re-
moving to Newburyport in 1836, he was elected represent-
ative to the General Court in 1839, and re-elected in 1849
and 1854. He was collector of customs from 1841 to 1845,
and from 1849 to 1853. He married, October 5, 1858, for
his second wife, Martha I**rothingham Titcomb, daughter
of Joseph Moody Titcomb, and died in Newburyport Decem-
ber 4, 1859.

Eben Francis Stone, son of Ebenezer and Fanny (Cool-
idge) Stone, was born in Newburyport August 3, 1822. He
graduated at Harvard in 1843, and was admitted to the bar
in Essex county in 1846. He began the practice of law in
Newburyport in 1847, and married, October 26, 1848, Har-
riet Perrin, daughter of Augustus and Harriet (Child) Perrin
of Boston.

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He was a member of the state senate and a representative
to the General Court for several sessions. In the Civil war
he had command of a regiment in the Nineteenth army
corps, under General Banks, and participated in the engage*
ments at Port Hudson in May and June, 1863.

He was elected representative to the forty-seventh con-
gress, beginning December 5, 1881, and was twice re-elected,
serving until the close of the forty-ninth congress, March 3,
1887. He died in Newburyport January 22, 1895.'

Aaron Augustus Sargent, son of Aaron P. and Eliza-
beth Sargent, was born in Newburyport October 28, 1827.
He learned the trade of a printer, and was employed for
several years in the office of Clark & Whitten, publishers of
the Newburyport Daily Courier. In 1847, he was a news-
paper reporter in Washington, D. C.^ and the next year was
employed as private secretary by a member of congress from
the state of New York. Early in the year 1849 he sailed
from Baltimore for California, stopping at Valparaiso, Chili,
on the way, and arriving at San Francisco in December of
that year. After some delay, he found employment as a
printer in the office of the San Francisco Courier, and after-
wards as a type-setter and reporter for the Nevada Journal.

He returned to Newburyport in 185 1, and married, March
15, 1852, Ellen Swett, daughter of Amos and Rebecca (In-
galls) Clark. Having devoted several months to the study of
law, he again went to California, taking his wife with him. In
1853, he was admitted to the bar in Nevada county, and the
next year was elected district attorney.

In 1861 and in 1868 he was a representative to congress
from California, and in 1870 was elected senator and served
for two terms. In 1882, he was appointed minister

* For adilitional facts relating to the life and character of Hon. Eben F.
Stone, see chapter XXIX of this volume; "Ould Newbury :^^ Historical and
Biographical Sketches, pages 693-699; and the memorial address delivered in
Newburyport April 21, 1895, by Hon. William D. Northend of Salem, Mass.

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plenipotentiary to Germany, but held that office only two
years, resigning in 1884, and returning to San Francisco,
where he died August 14, 1887, leaving a widow, one son
and two daughters.

Richard S. Spofford, jr., son of Dr. Richard Smith and
Frances Lord (Mills) Spofford, was born in Newburyport
February 15, 1833. He read law in the office of Hon. Caleb
Gushing, and was admitted to practice in the United States
circuit court at Washington, D. G., in 1856, and to the bar
in Essex and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts, in 1857. H^
was a representative to the General Court for the sessions
beginning January 6, 1858, January 5, 1859, ^^^ January 3,
1866. He married Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph
Newmarch and Sarah (Bridges) Prescott, December 19, 1865.

For many years he had a law office in Boston, and was for
several years the legal attorney and solicitor for the Galves-
ton, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, which
now forms a |Xirt of the Southern Pacific railway system. lie
died in Newburyport August 11, 1888.'

PROBATE AND SUPREME COURT JUDGES.

One justice of the court of common pleas and two judges
of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts resided in
Newburyport at the close of the eighteenth and at the begin-
ning of the nineteenth centuries, in addition to the counselors
and attorneys named above.

Benjamin Grrenleaf was chief-justice of the court of
common pleas and judge of probate for Essex county for
nearly twenty years. He was bom in Newbury March 19,
1732, and was the son of John and Sarah (Smith) Greenleaf.
Graduating at Harvard in 1751, he lived for several years
after that date in Kittery, Maine, and, September 22, 1757,

* •* Child Newbury:'* Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 225-227.

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married Elizabeth^ daughter of Rev. Charles and Elizabeth
Chauncey.'

Returning to Newbury in 1761, he became interested in
public affairSf and took an active part in the incorporation of
Newburyport, in 1764. The inhabitants of the new town
elected him representative to the General Court for the years
1766, 1767, 1768 and 1770. His wife died July 12, 1769;
and he married, January 22, 1784, Mrs. Lucy Derby, for his
second wife.

In the Revolutionary war he was a member of the commit-
tee of safety, and was actively engiigal in procuring food,
clothing and military supplies for the Continental army. In
1775, he was appointed chief-justice of the court of common
pleas, and four years later judge of probate for Essex coun-
ty. He held the last-named office until 1796, and the office
of chief-justice until 1797, when, on account of ill health, he
resigned, and retired to private life.

He died in Newburyport January 1 3, 1 799, and was buried
in the Old Hill buiying ground, near the Auburn street en-
trance. The inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : —

Here

are deposited

the remains of the

Honorable

Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq.

who departed this life

January 13th 1799

in the 67th year

of his

Age.

Hon. Samuel Sumner Wilde, son of Daniel and Ann
{Sumner) Wilde, was born in Taunton, Mass., February 5,
1 77 1. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1789, was admitted

1 Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Chauncey) Greenleaf, born
July 13, 1758, married Theophilus Parsons January 13, 1780. She died February
3, 1829.

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to the bar of Bristol county, Mass., in 1792, began the
practice of law in Waldoborough, Maine, but removed to
Hallowell in 1799. He was appointed one of the justices of
the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts in 181 5, and
when the district of Maine was made a separate state and
admitted into the Union, in 1820, he removed to Newbury-
port. His daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Wilde, married Hon,
Caleb Cushing November 23, 1824. Judge Wilde removed
to Boston in 1831, and retained his seat on the bench until
the summer of 185 1. He died in Boston June 25, 1855.

Hon. George Thacher, son of Peter Thacher, was born
in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, April 12, 1754; graduated at Har-
vard in 1776 ; began the practice of law in York, Maine, in
1780, and removed to Biddeford in 1782. He was a member
of the continental congress in 1788, and of the first congress
of the United States, which met in New York City March 4,
1 789, after the adoption of the Federal Constitution. He was
re-elected representative to congress from the district of
Maine for several successive terms, but resigned his seat in
1 80 1 to accept the office of judge of the supreme judicial
court of Massachusetts. He resided in Biddeford until the
legal separation of Maine and Massachusetts was decided
upon, when he removed to Newburyport, where he lived until
January, 1824, when he resigned his seat on the bench and
returned to Biddeford. He died in the month of April fol-
lowing.*

ESSEX BAR ASSOCIATION.

Barristers authorized to practice in the supreme judicial
court of Massachusetts were by a rule adopted in 1 806 called
counselors-at-law. In order to secure certain privileges and
advantages to which they were entitled under this rule, the
Essex Bar association was organized early in the spring of

' Newburyport Herald, April 13, 1824.

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that year. It consisted of twenty-three members, six of them,
Joseph Dana, Michael Hodge, Edward Little, Edward St. Loe
Livermore, Ebenezer Moseley and Daniel A. White, were
from Newburyport. This association was dissolved in 181 2,
and a new one formed in 1831, which lasted only a few years.
In 1836, the distinction between counselor and attorney was
abolished in Massachusetts. The present Essex Bar associa-
tion was organized in October, and the constitution adopted in
December, 1856.

When the city charter was accepted by the inhabitants of
Ncwburyix)rt, in 1851, the following-named counsclors-at-law
resided within the limits of the city : —

Horace Bickford,
Joseph G. Gerrish,
Nathaniel Hills,

Stephen W. Marston,
William A. Marston,
Samuel Phillips,

Eben F. Stone.

Other lawyers living in the city at that date, but not in
active practice, were William B. Hannister, Caleb (Pushing,
Henry W. Kinsman, Ebenezer Moseley and Asa W. Wildes.
Subsequently, the following-named persons were admitted to
the bar, and began the practice of law in Newburyport at the
dates named : —

Caleb Lamson, in 1853

Frank W. Hale,

1879

Joseph H. Bragdon, •

« 1854

John C. M. Bayley,

1879

John N. Pike,

* 1854

Horace I. Bartlett,

1880

H. B. Fernald,

' 1855

Charies C. Dame,

1884

Harrison G. Johnson, <

« 1856

Nathaniel N.Jones,

1884

John B. Swasey, *

* 1856

Francis V. Pike,

1889

Charles Osgood Morse, *

« 1856

Robert E. Burke,

(«

1890

Charles W. TutUe,

« 1858

George B. Blodgette,

«(

t«93

Amos Noyes, *

* i860

David P. Page,

1896

Richard S. Spoflford, jr., *

« i860

Edward H. Rowell,

1900

Nathaniel Pierce, *

* 1864

Ernest Foss,

1901

William E. Currier, *

« 1866

Oscar H. Nelson,

1901

Frederick D. Bumham, *

< 1871

George H. O'Connell,

1901

Thomas Huse, jr., *

* 1877

Timothy S. Herlihy,

1902

David L. Withington,

* 1877

Charles T. Smith,

1904

Thomas C. Simpson, jr., «

* 1879

Arthur Withington,

1904

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DOCroRS.

The first educated physician who settled in the town of
Newbury was Dr. John Clark. He was granted a farm of
four hundred acres at the mouth of Cart creek January 23,
1637-8. After his removal to Ipswich, in 1647, he was suc-
ceeded by Dr. William Snelling, in 1649, by Dr. Peter Top-
pan, in 1660, by Dr. Henry Greenland in 1663, and at a later
date by Dr. John Dole, Dr. Humphrey Bradstreet and
others. '

When Newburyport was incorporated, in 1 764, Dr. Nathan
Hale, Dr. John Sprague, Dr. John Newman and Dr. Micajah
Sawyer werie living within the limits of the new town.*

Nathan Hale, son of Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale,
was bom June 2, 1691. He married Elizabeth Kent August 27,
1 7 1 3, and lived in that part of Newbury which was set off
and incorporated by the name of Newburyport in 1764. He
was a large owner of real estate, a .skillful physician and a
justice of the peace. The inscription on his gravestone in
the Old Hill burying ground reads as follows : —

Here lie ye Remains of Nathan Hale, Esq.,
Who died May 9th 1 767 aged 76 years.
He was a Physician of much Experience & Considerable Eminence &
highly esteemed in his Profession, which he carefully attended, distribu-
ting his Services without Distinction to Rich & i'oor. He was for
many years a Justice of the Peace which office he faithfully executed
with Integrity & without Partiality. He was a Gentleman of agreeable
manners and a thorough Friend, but above all he was a Christian of ex-
eftiplary Piety : he was devout without Ostentation & religiously Care-
full to confirm his Principles by a Life becoming the Doctrines he pro-
fessed. Indeed ye Physician, ye Magistrate, ye Gentleman and the
Christian were united in his Character in such a manner as made his
Life desirable and greatly usefuU & his Death justly lamented.

' History of Newbury (Currier), pages 662-669.
' History of Newbury (Currier), pages 666, 667.

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He gave in his will, proved May 25, 1767, all his real estate
and personal property to his wife Elizabeth, for her support
during her life and for the support of his son Nathan, par-
tially deranged, and his daughter Elizabeth, who married John
Watkins. He also provided for the distribution of his prop-
erty after the decease of his wife, and gave a dwelling house,
with about three and one-half acres of land, on the south-
easterly comer of the country road, now High street, and
Fish, now State, street, to his son Nathan and daughter Eliz-
a1)cth, and dircclcil that the remainder of his estate should
be equally divided among them, Nathan's share to be invested
for his support and maintenance, and Elizabeth's share to be
held in trust, for the benefit of her children, William Wat-
kins, Elizabeth Watkins and Andrew Watkins.

His widow, Elizabeth (Kent) Hale, died April 9, 1768, in
the eighty-fifth year of her age.

Dr. John SpRA(iUE, with his wife Ruth, probably came
from North Yarmouth, Cumberland county, Maine, to New-
bury, Mass., as early as 1737/ Two sons and two daughters
were born to John and Ruth Sprague, in Newbury, as fol-
lows : —

Mary, born March 30, 1 738.
John, " September 27, 1740.
Rulh, «» August 14, 1746.
William, " February 9, 1 749.

Mrs. Sprague died previous to 1753; and. May 19, 1754,
Doctor Sprague married Prudence Titcomb, for his second
wife. The following-named children were born to John and
Prudence (Titcomb) Sprague : —

John, bom February 17, 1755.
Edward, " January 7, 1758.
Martha, " December 13, 1761.
Michael, " November 13, 1763.

' History of Newbury (Currier), page 666.

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When Newburyport was incorporated, in 1764, Doctor
Sprague was living within the limits of the new town. His
will, dated March 17, 1781, was proved April 26, I784, He
wais the owner of considerable real estate in the town of
Wendell, N. II., in North Yarmouth, Maine, and in Newbury,
Mass., at the time of his death ; '* also a pew in the North
Yarmouth meeting house and a pew in Rev. Mr. Gary's
meeting house in Newburyport.**'

The inscription on his gravestone in the Old Hill burying
ground reads as follows : —

This is erected
to the Memory of that Valuable Man
Doctr John Sprague alike eminent for
his integrity and Abilities. As a Phy-
sician he was highly esteemed. For
more than forty seven years he was a
Practitioner in this Town. His death
which was on the lyti* day of April
1 784 was generally lamented as a great
and almost irreparable loss to the Publick

His age was 74 .

Mary, daughter of Doctor Sprague, by his first wife, mar-
ried, December 2, 1 760, William Fisher of Boston. Her sister
Ruth married, September 20, 1781, Edward Rand of New-
buryport. Mrs. Ruth (Sprague) Rand died September i,
1789.'

Martha, daughter of Doctor Sprague, by his second wife,
married, November 28, 1782, Jonathan Gibson Parsons,
grandson of Rev. Jonathan Parsons. After the death of her
husband, Martha (Sprague) Parsons married, October 21,
1792, Edward Rand, her brother-in-law.* Mary Parsons, a

' Essex Probate Records, 1xx)k 356, page 540; and book 357, page 582.
^ Kilward and Kuth (Sprague) Rand had three children, namely: —

Edward Sprague, born June 23, 1782; died December 23, 1863.

Isaac, •< September 7, 1784; died July 14, 1818.

John, ** January 27, 1786; died July 24, 1811.

' Martha (Sprague- Parsons) Rand died February 27, 1829. Her husband,
E<lward Rand, died Decemlter 3, 1829.

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■daughter by the first marriage, was born March 2, 1783. The
children by the second marriage were as follows : —

George, bom October 6, 1 793 ; died in infancy.

Charles, " August 11,1 795 ; died in infancy.

Margaret Dcnimon, " Feb. 3, 1798; married John Andrews.
Jane, " Dec. 1 7, 1 802 ; married David Wood.

Dr. John Newman married, May 21, 1741, Elizabeth,
daughter of Col. Joshua Wingate of Hampton, N. H., where
he was then living, and where three of his children were born,
namely, Elizabeth, in November, 1741, John, in July, 1743,
and Jane, in January, 1744-5. He removed with his family
to Newbury in 1 746. After that date, the following-named
children were baptized in the meeting-house of the Third
parish then standing on what is now Market square, New-
bury port : —

Wingate, baptized February 15, 1746-7.

Payne,

September 10, 1749.

Klizabeth,

((

September 29, 1751.

Judith,

August 2, 1753.

Joshua,

October 26, 1756.

Mary,

January i, 1758.

Timothy,

((

March 30, 1760.

Joanna,

((

March i, 1768.

Doctor Newman was one of the signers of the petition to the
General Court for the incorporation of Newburyport in 1 764.
He died in Newburyport February 18, 1806.

Dr. Micajaii Sawyer, son of Dr. Enoch Sawyer, was born
in Newbury July i 5, 1737. He graduated at Harvard in 1756,
and began the practice of medicine in that part of Newbury
which was set off and made a separate town in 1 764. He
married November 25, 1766, Sibyll, daughter of Daniel and
Sibyll (Angier) Farnham.'

1 Intention of marriage filed with the clerk of the town of Newburyport Octol)er
25, 1766.

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One son, William Sawyer, horn February i, 1771, gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1 788, studied medicine with his father,
and practised his profession for a few years, but subsequently
removed to Boston and engaged in mercantile pursuits, lie
died in that city, unmarried, April 18, 1859.

One daughter, Hannah Famham Sawyer, married, January
20, 1807, George Gardner Lee of lioston. Another daugh-
ter, Mary Ann Sawyer, married, the same day, Philip Jere-
miah Schuyler of Rhinebeck, N. Y. Descendants of Mrs.

KKSIDKNCK OK l»K. MirAJAII SAWYKK.

Lee and Mrs. Schuyler are still living in the vicinity of l^s-
ton and in the state of New York.*

** Doctor Sawyer had two uncommonly handsome dau^^hters, distinguished far
and wide for their superior Ix^auly and style. I have seen a letter, written in 1 803,
by a daughter of an ex-govemor of New Hampshire, antl the wife of an ex-
iueml>er of C'ongress, describing parties which she attended in Washington, <luring
Jefferson's atlministration, at the houses of the President, and of the Secretary of
State, and of the French Minister, in which she says that she had seen nothing in
Washington e<iual in style and elegance to the parties given by the Sawyer girls in
Newburyport." (Remarks of Hon. Eben K. Stone at the two humlred and fiftieth
anniversary of the settlement of Newbury.)

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In 1 766, Doctor Sawyer purchased of the heirs of Richard
Collins land formerly owned by Joseph Hoyt' on the north-
westerly side of Fish, now State, street, and built a dwelling
house which is still standing there, although much changed in
outward appearance. When Pleasant street was laid out a
lx)rtion of this estate was taken for the highway, and fifty or
sixty years later the house was raised from the level of the
street to its present position, a basement or lower story added,
and the entire building converted into offices and stores as
shown in the half-tone print on the opposite page.

Dr. Micajah Sawyer died in Newburyport September 29,
1815, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground.

Dr. John Barnard Swett, son of Samuel Swett, was
born in Marblchead June i, 1752. He graduated at Harvard
in 1767; studied surgery in Edinburgh, completing his edu-
cation after two or three years' practice in the hospitals of
France and England, lie returned to Marblchead in 1778*
and enlisted as a surgeon in the expedition to Rhode Island
under General Sullivan. In 1779, he served for several
months in the unfortunate expedition to the Penobscot river
under the command of General Lovell of Massachusetts and
Captain Saltonstall of Connecticut. Me married. May 4,
1 780, Charlotte Bourne of Marblchead.

At the earnest solicitation of kinsmen and friends, he de-
cided to begin the practice of medicine in Newburyport, and
subsequently purchased a dwelling house and barn " on a
lane called Temple street," bounded by land of Robert Las-
comb, Samuel Newhall, Henry Lunt and others.*

He had a large library, and used a book-plate designed to
represent the profession of medicine, as shown in the half-tone
print on the next page, described as follows : At the top of
the plate, resting upon a couch and attended by four cupids or

* Essex Deeds, book 58, leaf 65; Essex Deeds, Ixwk 118, leaves 280 and 281;
and book 119, leaf 69.
» Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 227.

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cherubs, is the body of a patient about to undergo a surgical
operation, while under the name "J. B. Swett " the serpent
of yiLsculapus is twisted about a ro<l, standing upright between
retorts and herbs growing in flower ix)ts.

BOOK-PLATB.

Doctor Swett was a prominent meml^er of the masonic
fraternity, and through his influence, in 1795, the first en-
campment of Knight Templars was established in Ncwbury-
port. He died of malignant yellow fever August 16, 1796/

After his death, his widow, Charlotte (Bourne) Swett, sold
the house and land on Temple street, and removed to Exeter,
N. H.' A year or two later, she married Hon. John T. Gilman,
for many years governor of the state of New Hampshire.

Dk. Samufj, Coi.man, son of Benjamin and Anne (Brown)
Colman, was born in Newbury, Mass., December 25, 1762.
He was fitted for college at Dummer Academy, and graduated

> History of Newburyix>rt (Mrs. K. Vale Smith), pages 370 ami 371.
'^ Kssex Deetls, Uiok 164, leaf 11X7.

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at Harvard in 1 780. Two or three years later, he began the
practice of medicine in Hallowell, Maine, remaining there
until the summer of 1787.

He married Susannah, daughter of William and Abigail
(Beck) Atkins of Newburyport, October 14, 1787, and soon
after that date went to Augusta, Maine, where he devoted
himself to his profession for nearly twenty years.

In 1806, probably, he removed to Newburyport with his
family. He had a drug store at number one Water street,
corner of Market square, in 1807,* and opened a private
school for boys and girls, in Middle street, in 1 809.'

lie died December 7, 1810, and was buried in St. Paul's
churchyard.

Dr. Moses Little, son of Richard and Jane (Noyes)
Little, was born in Newbury, '* near the trftyneing green,"
July 4, 1766. He graduated at Harvard in 1787, in the
class with John Quincy Adams, who frequently mentions him
in his diary.3

Doctor Little, after completing his studies with Dr. John
Barnard Swett of Newburyport, began the practice of medi-
cine in Salem, Mass. He married, April 1 7, 1 799, Elizabeth,
daughter of George Williams, esq., and died in Salem
October 13, 181 1.

Dr. William Bouciiier Leonard, born in London in
1737, was a surgeon in the English navy for several years.
He came to New England in 1 793 probably, and in December
of that year was in Newburyport, as stated in the following
advertisement : —

DOCTOK Lkonaki)

Respectfully acquaints the inhabitants of this Town and Environs,
that, after an extensive Practice, by Sea and land, and in the many Hos-
pitals in London & other parts of Europe, where he has been a Practi-

' See advertisement in Newburyport Herald, Febniary 17, 1807.

• See advertisement in Newburyport f lerald, April 10, 1809.

' Life in n New England Town, published by Tjttlc, Hrown & Co., 1903.

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tioner in Physic and Surgery, Midwifery &c &c upwards of thirty five
years, and with good success in many great operations ; and it has so
happened that kind Providence has enabled him to Spring out of the
iron chains of tyranny, horror, devastation and murder, to the only sum-
mit of Liberty under the Sun, and where the diadem of a despot was
hurled down to the bottomless abyss, and where, 1 ho|)e, even a shadow
of the like will never more appear.

Mr. Leonard inlreats for a share in the favors of his fellow citizens,
and he humbly hopes that his abilities and experience, cemented with
the faithful discharge of his duty to the lives and limbs of his employ-
ers, will commend him to future favors which he solicits no longer than
his character is deserving of the same, which will ever be acknowledged
with gratitude by their most obliged and very humble servant,

William H. Leonaku.'

November 18, 1799, Doctor Leonard married Mrs. Susanna
Lindsey of Newburyport.' He owned and occupied a house
on Kent street at that date. His wife died March 30, i8cx),
and August 4, 1801, he sold at auction his house, bam, surgi-
cal instruments, and household furniture.* A few months
later, he removed to Marietta, Ohio, where he married Lydia
Moulton, a daughter of William Moulton, formerly of New-
bury port.

Doctor Leonard appears to have been a skilful surgeon, but was rough
and coarse in his manners and language, retaining the habits acquired
in his naval service at a period when profanity and rudeness occupied the
place of the genteel manners of the present day. He still retained and
kept up the fashion of the showy dresses, such as ])revailed in the days
of i^ueen IClizabeth, which in Uic backwootls of Ohio excited the curi-
osity of a people accustomed to the most simple attire. He was thin
and spare in person, with very slender legs, on the borders of old age.
His favorite costume was a blue broadcloth coat trimmed with gold
lace, and enormous gilt buttons, a waistcoat of crimson velvet, with
large pocket flaps, and small clothes of the same material, a pair of silk
or worsted stockings drawn over his slender legs, with large silver buckles
at the knees and in the shoes. On his head he wore a full flowing peri-
wig, of which he had six or eight varieties, crowned with a threeH:or-

' Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, December 4, 1793.
* Newbiiryport Herald and Country (jazette, November 22, 1 799.
' Advertisement in Newbury|)ort Herald an<l Gnmtry (iaxette, July 31, 1801.

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nered or cocked beaver hat. Over the whole, when he appeared in the
street, unless the weather was very hot, he wore a large scarlet-colored
cloak. This dress, with his gold-headed cane, always called for the ad-
miration and wonder of the boys, who followed close in his train, and
were often threatened with his displeasure in not very civil lan^iage.
When travelling on horseback to visit his patients he rode a coal black
steed, with long flowing mane and tail, the saddle and trappings of which
were as antiquated and showy as his own dress. <

Doctor Leonard died in Marietta, Ohio, in 1 806.

Dr. Francis Vergines de Bonischere came to Newbury-
port from Gaudaloupe in September, 1796.' He lived for two
months with Capt. William Mel lard, and then removed to the
house owned and occupied by Paul Noyes, " at the corner of
Market and Union (now Washington) streets,'*' where he died
May 26, 1830, in the eighty-third year of his age.

Dr. Nathaniel Bradstreet was born in Topsfield Octo-
ber 4, 1 77 1. He graduated at Hai-vard in 179S, and studied
medicine with Dr. James Thacher of Plymouth and Doctor
Holyoke of Salem. In 1 798, he was appointed surgeon of
the sloop-of-war Merrimac, Moses Brown of Newburyport,
captain, and made several voyages to the West Indies in that
ship. In February, 1800, he resigned his commission and
commenced the practice of medicine in Newburyport. He
soon became prominent in his profession, and was highly
esteemed as a physician and surgeon. He died in Newbury-
port October 6, 1828.^

Dr. Nathan Noyes, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Wheeler)
Noyes, was born in Newbury April 3, 1777. He graduated
at Dartmouth college in 1 796, and from the Dartmouth Med-
ical school in 1 799. Six months later, he began the practice

1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume III, page 137;
and volume IV, page 357.

• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 117 and 118.
'Impartial Herald, Novcmljcr 18, 1796.

* Ncwl)ury|K)rt llernl<l, Octol^cr 10, 1828.

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of medicine in Newburyport, but soon removed to Charles-
town, Mass., where he died September 24, 1842.

Dr. Phillips White Hackett, son of John and Betsey
(French) Hackett, was bom in Salisbury, Mass., October 3,
1 78 1. His father was one of the builders of the frigate Al-
liance, launched at Salisbury Point in 1778. His mother,
Betsey French, married for her first husband John White, son
of Hon. Phillips White of South Hampton, N. H.; second,
John Hackett of Salisbury ; and, third, Isaac Bernard of
Amesburj'.

Phillips W. Hackett was probably fitted for college by
Michael Walsh. He studied medicine with a physician in
Hampstead, N. H., where he married. May 30, 1807, Eliza-
beth Putnam, sister of Oliver Putnam, who was a successful
merchant and founder of the Putnam Free school in New-
buryport. She probably did not long survive the birth of her
first child, Sarah Ann Hackett, born in Hampstead January
31, 1809.

In the summer of 18 10, Doctor Hackett removed to New-
buryport, and on the twenty-third of October published the
following notice in the Newburyport Herald : —

Dr Hackett having commenced business solicits the patronage of the
inhabitants : particular attention will be paid to any business in the line
of his profession as Physician and Surgeon. A good opportunity is
offered to a young gentleman wishing for instruction in the profession.

His uvening school will be opened the 25(1' instant in a chamber of
Capt Samuel Coffin's brick building, a few rods below Kent street.*

In the war of 181 2, Doctor Hackett was a surgeon in the
service of the United States, on the great lakes.* After the
return of peace he came again to Newburyix)rt, but his pecu-

' In 1796, William Moreland, William Caldwell and John Knight lold to Sam-
uel Coffin the brick building on Merrimack street, near the foot of Kent street. It
was then a distillery, and afterward a tenement house (North End Papers, by
Oliver B. Merrill, in the Newburyport Daily News, August ii, 1906).

^ Newburyport Herald, February 25, 1861.

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liarities and enfeebled mental condition made it impossible for
him to practise his profession. How or where he lived for
many years is a mystery. In 1 846, he purchased a small
one-story building, and moved it, with the assistance of
friends, to a vacant lot on the Ferry road. The house was
surrounded by young birch trees, and the pathway leading to
it was lined with piles of horse shoes, keys, hoops, bits of
iron and other wayside treasures he had gathered in his
wanderings about the town. In this humble dwelling he lived
alone, occupied with household cares six days in the week,
and on the seventh attending divine service, with great regu-
larity, in the meeting-house of the First Religious Society on
Pleasant street.'

He was naturally peaceable and quiet, but was sometimes
provoked to anger by mischievous boys who trespassed upon
his property in the day-time and disturbed his slumbers at
night. In the following communication, published in the
Ncwburyport Herald, he ap|)eals to the public for sympathy
and to the guardians of the town for protection : —

Address to the Public

From two bold acts, one of them very dangerous, which have lately
occurred at my dwelling-place in Belleville, I am constrained to address
not only the Public generally, and my friends particularly, but the town
authorities ; for I fear unless something can be done to prevent the pro-
gress of such outrages being committed on and about my buildings, I
surely shall be ousted, it being apparently determined, at all hazards, ut-
terly to destroy my peaceful stay, or no stay at all, at my cottage. On
the 25th day of Sept. 1846, I placed my house where it now stands.
Some two or three years since, in the month of October, and on the Sab-
bath day while I was gone to meeting, my house was broken open, en-
tered, things thrown into disorder, and a short ladder and a lot of boards
piled on my bed. For three several limes Ihc key hole to the lock of my
door has been partially filled with sand or gravel, insomuch that it was
with difficulty 1 removed the bolt ; tubs of water upset, wood piled
against my door, and the like. On the Sabbath of the 27*h ult. I came
here about twilight, and, to my surprise, I discovered that 3 boards were

* Contcmjjorariea, by Thomas Wenlwortli lligginson, pages 344-347.

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torn from the backside of ipy store-house, and some of the contents
scattered all around. To repair the breach occupied most of my time
the following Monday. On Tuesday evening, 1 3th inst., a large pile of
brush and other wood, eight rods from my dwelling-house and about
three rods from my store-house, was set on fire while I was absent. I
desire to be thankful that it extended no farther. For the efforts of my
neighbors, particularly Messrs. Wm Merrill, Chs Hartlett, David Reed
and Nathi Ordway, to stop the ravages of the devouring element, I ten-
der my cordial thanks. I am anxiously afraid what may happen here-
after to my buildings. Firstly, I would appeal to the Supreme being
whose omniscient eye sees all our actions, who alone is able to arrest the
progress of wicked men. Secondly, to the authorities and guardians of
the town. As such I humbly pray you to take the matter seriously into
consideration ; if possible to try to prevent the repetition of such de-
structive actions. I have endeavored to live an inoffensive life these
thirty-three years past, most of which time I have spent in Old Newbury.
I think I have given no cause to persons for them to aim such base and
annoying conduct at me.

Respectfully submitted, '

Phillips W. Hackett.
1^^ 10 dollars reward will be paid as above to any person or persons
who will correctly inform who set the fire to the wood near my dwelling-
house in Newburyport on Tuesday evening the 3"* insl.»

Enfeebled by old age and disease, Doctor Hackett was
obliged to accept aid from the overseers of the poor during
the last years of his life. He died at the almshouse in New-
buryport February 20, 1 861, and was buried in the cemetery
on Clark's lane, so called, at Salisbury . Point, now a part of
Amcsbmy, Mass.

Dr. Lawrence Sprague of Dedham probably began to
practise medicine in Newburyport as early as 1802. Decem-
ber 13, 1804, he married Sarah Titcomb of Newburyix)rt,
and occupied a dwelling hotisc on Washington street, between
Winter and Boardman streets. He subsequently opened
a drug store on State street, and purchased a dwelling house
in Market square. In 18 12, he advertised drugs, medicine

' Newburyport Daily Herald, May 26, 1851.

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and spices for sale •* at his store on State street, sign of the
Pestle and Mortar, next door above Mr. Francis Todd's," and
informed the inhabitants of Newburyport and vicinity that he
still continued to practise his profession and was ready to
attend patients needing the services of a surgeon or physi-
cian.* Four years later he published the following notice : —

Doctor Sprague, having ascertained that a report is in circulation that
he has relinquished his profession since his return from the South, takes
this method to contradict the rumor and inform his Friends and the Pub-
lic that he is now in the Practice of Physic and Surgery to the exclusion
of every other kind of business He may be found at his resi-
dence in Hrown's Square until the first day of May next, at which time
he shall occupy the House lately owned by Deacon Wm Famham in
High street, opposite to Market street.'

The Poor who are not under the Protection and Direction of the
Town will, as usual, receive Advice and every Attention free of every
expense.3

Sarah (Titconib) Sprague, wife of Doctor Sprague, died in
July, 1816, and he married, July 5, 1818, Catherine, daughter
of Capt. Thomas Thomas. Soon after the last-named date
he probably removed from Newburyport. His subsequent
career is unknown.

Dk. Danikl Kiliiam, son of Daniel and Hannah Kilham,
was born in Wenham, Mass., January 15, 1753. He gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1777, and studied medicine with Doctor
Holyoke of Salem, Mass. Several years later, he came to
Newburyport and opened an apothecary shop near the foot of
State street. He was unmarried and, with John Quincy
Adams, then a student-at-law in Newburyport, boarded at the
house of Mrs. Martha Leathers, on the southeasterly side of
Market square. -•

' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, March 17, 181 2.
4 "Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 131.
* Newburyport Herald and Commercial Gazette, April 16, 1816.
^ Life in a New England Town, pages 32, 67, 100 and 106.

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Doctor Kilham was elected representative to the General
Court September 17, 1786, for the session ending May, 1787,
and on the eighteenth of June following was chosen to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jonathan Greenleaf,
for the session ending May, 1788.*

He removed, on account of ill health, to a farm in Wenham
in 1804.

He was a fine specimen of a gentleman of the old school, somewhat
formal and reserved in his habits, but always kind and courteous, inde-
pendent in his opinions and fearless in expressing them, a faithful friend,
as well as a resolute and determined opponent, an excellent type of a
class of men which has now almost passed away. He retained as long
as he lived the old-fashioned small clothes, thus preserving the dress as
well as the manners of his younger days. He was never married, his
house being kept by a widowed sister.'

He died quite suddenly, of heart disease, in Wenham, Octo-
ber 12, 1 84 1, aged eighty-eight.

Dr. Oliver Prescott, born April 4, 1762, in Groton,
Mass., graduated at Harvard in 1783, and was admitted to
the practice of medicine in June, 1786. Hemarried, October
22, 1 79 1, Ann, daughter of Leonard Whiting of Hollis, and
for twenty-five years was a prominent physician in Groton.
In 181 1, he removed to Newburyport, and soon had the
largest practice of any physician in Essex county. January
I, 1 8 14, he purchased a dwelling house, still standing, on the
northwesterly corner of Green and Washington streets, which
he subsequently occupied.' His wife died there September 3,
1821 ; and Doctor Prescott married, secondly, November 6,
1823, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Oliver, and daughter of
Henry Atkins of Boston. Mary Prescott, a daughter by the
first wife, married, June 23, 1825, John Belknap of Boston.
Doctor Prescott died Scptcml^er 26, 1827, leaving a widow,
Elizabeth (Oliver) Prescott, and several unmarried children.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 679 note.

• History of Wenham (Myron O. Allen), page 147.

' ** Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 336 and 337.

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Dr. John Brickett, son of Dr. James and Edna (Merrill)
Brickett,' was born in Haverhill, Mass., June 2, 1774, and
married, September 29, 1795, Elizabeth Ayer of Haverhill.
His children by this marriage were as follows : —

Lavinia born August 17, 1796; died March 2, 1822.

Martha Kimball, " March 25, 1798; died August 18, 1807.
Sarah Ayer, " June 13, 1800; died July 25, 1825.

John James, " Feb. 1 , 1 802 ; died Sept. 30, 1 824, on the

passage from Jamaica to Newburyport.
Eli74i W., " May 30, 1804 ; died January 3, 1873.

Klizabeth While, ** June 13, 1806; died April 19, 1807.

The above-named children were born in Newburyport,
according to the record made by the town clerk, but Doctor
Brickett is described as a physician in Newbury in deeds dated
March 29, 1800, and February 22, 1805.* His wife died
March 15, 1807, and he married, September 12, 1809, Lydia
M. Woodbury of Newburyport, for his second wife. In
1810, he occupied a dwelling house on Essex street, but
removed to Mr. Woodbridge Noycs' house on the northwest
corner of Fruit and rrosi>ect streets in April, 18 12.^ In the
month of September following he was a surgeon in the priva-
teer Decatur under the command ot Capt. William Nichols.^

Doctor and Lydia (Woodbury) Brickett had only one
child, Martha Ann Kimball Brickett, born June 2, 181 1.
Shemarried, July 31, 1833, William II. Moody of Lowell, son
of Paul Moody of Newbury.^

> I)r. James Hrickctt wm lx>rn in Newbury, Mam., February i6, 1738. lie
was a surgeon in the army organired for the capture of Canada in 1 756, and after-
wanl general in the Kevohitionnry war. He mnrrictl I'^lna Merrill October 8,
1760. .She flied .Sc|ilciulK:r 21, 1802, and he married, for his second wife, Abigail
Moody January 24, 1 803.

* Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 236; and Ixxik 186, leaf 153.
' Newburyport Herald, April 17, 18 12.

^ Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume VI, No. 5, Octolicr, 1864.

* 'Hie children of William H. and Martha (l)rickett) Moody were as follows: —
Susan Lydia, bom in 1835; married (Jeorge W. A. Williams in November, 1854.
Hannah, lK)rn in 1837: married John Q. A. Williams Dececember 15, 1858.
MaryC, born in 1839; married, first, George Faunce Aug. 31, 1 859; second, James

B. Dow, jr., Nov. 2, 1864; she died, leaving no issue.

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During the last years of his life Doctor Brickett owned and
occupied a three-story dwelling house on the southwesterly
side of High street, near the head of Boardman street. He
died August 23, 1848. Funeral services were held in St.
Paul's church, and he was buried in the churchyard adjoin-
ing. His widow, Lydia (Woodbury) Brickett, died October
17, 1854.

Dr. Ebenezer Hale, son of Thomas and Alice (Little)
Hale, was born in Newbury, Mass., April 28, 1809. He
graduated at the Dartmouth medical school in 1829, and
began the practice of medicine in Newbury, Vt. He subse-
quently removed to New York, and was apixiinted secretary
of a marine insurance company in that city. He retained
that office until 1837, when he resigned in order to travel
with a party of friends in England and on the continent of
Europe. Returning to Newburyport in 1838, he resumed
the practice of his profession, and married, June 13, 1844,
Sarah White Ikxnnistcr, daughter of William B. and Mary
(Brown) Bannister. October 6, 1846, he bought a dwelling
house, with sevei-al acres of land under and adjoining the
same, on the corner of Toppan's lane and High street,
" known by the name of Mount Rural," where he resided
until his death, August 2, 1847.'

[Note from page 303 continued.] The children of Cieorge W. A. and Susan
(Moody) Williams were as follows: — Joseph Balch, married Annie Nfoseley Lang
of Dorchester; Georgiana, married George Albrec of lioston; Helen T,4idd, unmar>
ried; and Charles Jackson, who died in infancy.

John Q. A. and Hannah (Moody) Williams had one daughter, Martha Moody,
who married Edward Atkins of lk>ston.

Joseph Balch and Annie (I^ang) Williams had children as follows: Elsie (de-
censed), Vearcc I'cnhallow, ('onstancc, I'Vniicis Cabot, and Joseph lialch Wil-
liams, jr.

(*eorge and Georgiana (Williams) Albree had only one son, Norman Albree.

Edward and Martha Moody (Williams) Atkins had one daughter, Marjorie, and
a ion, Paul Moody Atkini.

1 Essex Deeds, book 373, leaf 211.

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Ebenezer, an only child of Dr. Ebenezer and S'arah
White (Bannister) Hale, born October 8, 1845, died Febru-
ary 19, i860.

Dr. RiciiARO S. Spoffori), son of Dr. Amos and Irene
(Dole) S|K)rrord, was born in Rowley, Mass., May 24, 1787.
lie graduated at Harvard in
1812, and began the practice
of medicine three or four years
later in Rowley, but s(K)n re-
moved to Ncwbury[M)il. In
18 16, and for several years
after that date, he had rooms
"at Mrs. Hale's boarding
house on State street."'

July 13, 1829, he married
Mrs. Frances Maria Lord and
(K;cu[>ied a dwelling house on
Titcomb street, removing to
l^'air street the next ycar.^

For more than fifty years
he was prominent in the med-
ical profession and deeply in-
terested in the mysteries of r^cemasonry. He died in Ncw-
buryport January 19, 1872, and was buried in Oak Hill
cemetery. The above half-tone print is reproduced from a
photograph of Doctor Spofford now in the possession of
Lawrence B. Gushing.

Dk. Samufj. WuFF.ij'Jt VVvMAN, SOU of William and Mary
W. Wyman, was born in Boston in July, 1793. He gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1 8 14, and studied medicine with Doctor
Shattuck in Boston and Doctor Twitchell in Hanover. In
1818, he began practice, as a physician and surgeon, in Ip-
swich, removing to Newburyport, in 1821, where he married,

' Newbur)'|V)rt Herald, .Septemlxr 3, 1816.
^ Newbiiry|X)rt Herald, April 23, 1830.

DR. KICilAKl) S. SmKFORI).

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November 1 3, 1824, Margaret, daughter of Joshua TopiKin, aiul
lived for many years in a house still standing on the south-
westerly side of Orange street. His wife died December 31,
1865. He died January 31, 1867.

I)k. Jonathan Gki-knikai' Johnson, sou of William Pierce
and Sarah Johnson, was born in Newburyport November 12,
1 790. He graduated at Harvard in 1 8 10, and began the prac-
tice of medicine in Newburyport three years later. October
4, 181 3, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Oilman White.
Doctor Johnson died in Newbury[X)rt September 9, 1868.'

Dh. Henry Coit Perkins,
son of Thomas and lillizabcth
(Storey) Perkins, was born in
the Wolfe tavern on State
street, Newburyix)rt, Novem-
ber 1 3, 1 804. He graduated at
Harvard in 1824, and received
the degree of M. I), in August,
1827.=^ On the third day of
September following he began
the practice of medicine in
Newburyport, and married,
October 30, 1828, Harriet,
daughter of John Davenport.

1 le was interested in the

l>K. IIKNKY r.

* Kleazer Johnson, twin brother of DocttH* Johnson, married, Octoljer I, l8il,
Kanny Toppan. He was elected town clerk of Newburyport in March, 1 831, ami
served until the adoj^tion of the city charter, in 1S51, when he was elected city
clerk, and held that ollice until his death, I'ebruary 27, 1870.

* In a brief autobiographical sketch, published after his death, I >octor Perkins
wrote concerning an event that occurred soon after his graduation as follows: —

**()n the 27 or 28th of the same month [August, 1827], Itetween nine an<l ten
«iV'l(>ck in the evening, Iherc ;ip|>curcd in the heavens u luminous 1n>w, alnnit five
degrees in width, and extending across the celestial vault from east to west. This
was the first auroral arch I had ever heard of, read of, or seen. At that time no
one knew what to make of it. The frecpient appearance of such arches since,
either alone or accompanied by auroral streams, has called much attention to such
phenomena im the part of many scicntiiic writers."

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Study of science and art, and made, by the process discovered
by M. Daguerre in 1838, a daguerreotype which was probably
the first one produced in New England, if not the first in the
United States.* The above half-tone print of Doctor Perkins
is reproduced from a photograph now in the possession of
his son, Henry Russell Perkins.

Doctor Perkins was a member of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, and in 1866 was elected president of
the Massachusetts Medical Society. He died in Newburyport
P^ebruary i, 1873.

Dr. Enoch Cross, son of Abijah and Elizabeth (Parker)
Cross, was born in Methuen July 19, 1801. He graduated
from the medical department of Dartmouth college in 1824,
and began the practice of medicine in Bradford. June 2,
1828, he married Charlotte T. Pettingell of Salisbury, N. H.,
and in 1829 came to Newburyport, where he lived for five
years in a house on Middle street, formerly owned by Capt.
Peter Le Breton.

In 1834, owing to ill health, he considered it advisable to
remove to Peoria, Illinois. Returning to New England, in
1842, he settled in Gorham, Maine, where his wife died the
next year, leaving two sons, John and Henry M. Cross.

November 28, 1844, Doctor Cross married Margaret, sister
of Rev. Randolph Campbell, and again took up his residence
in Newburyport. In 1853, he purchased a dwelling house
and land on the corner of Titcomb and Washington streets,'
where he lived until his death. May 19, 1888.

' A brief description of this (laguerrcotyi)e ami the art of "solar painting '^ was
published in the Ncwbiiry|X)rt Herald November i, 1839.

Daguerre exhibited his first collection of daguerreotypes, in the French Acade-
my of Sciences, early in the year 1839. Samuel F. B. Morse was in Paris at that
time, and saw the collection. After his return to America he fitted up a studio at
No. 140 Nassau street, New York City, and there, so his friends claim, ** made
the first sun pictures on this continent.'* See pamphlet. Life of Jedediah Morse,
D. D., by Sidney £. Morse, published in 1867, page 16.

> E^ssex Deeds, book 494, leaf 169.

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Dr. John Atkinson, son of John and Lucy (Chipman)
Atkinson, was born in Minot, Maine, April 13, 1799. He
attended the Bowdoin Medical School, graduating in 1823.
January 12, 1825, he married Sarah Crocker of Minot, and
came to Newbury, Mass., where he lK*gan the practice of
medicine in that i>art of the town known as liclleville.

In 1828, he removed to Newburyix^rt, living in a house
nearly opposite the head of Boardman street, on High street,
until 1830, when he purchased a house on Strong street,
which he subsequently occupied.'

His wife died December 4, 1835, and was buried in St.
Paul's churchyard. In August, 1836, he married Hannah,
daughter of Edmund and Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlett. He died
August 21, 1852, leaving a widow, four sons and five daugh-
ters. His widow died May 31, 1872.

Dr. JosiAii Atkinson, son of John and Lucy (Chipman)
Atkinson, was born in Minot, Maine, August 16, 18 17. He
graduated at liowdoin college in 1842, and afterward studied
medicine in the l^rkshire medical school in Pittsfield, Mas-
sachusetts.

He married, June 29, 1848, Olivia C. Itonney of Roches-
ter, Mass., and began the practice of medicine in Dorchester,
removing to Newburyix)rt in 1853. He occupied a house on
the southwesterly side of Merrimack, near Boardman, street,
owned by the estate of Abraham Williams, and subsequently
leased the house on Strong street, formerly owned by his
brother. Dr. John Atkinson, deceased, and afterward a house
on the opposite side of the street, now owned by the I^ton
& Maine Railroad corporation.

Soon after the close of the Civil war, owing to domestic
affliction and serious financial losses, his mind Ixicame unset-
tled, and in a fit of temporary insanity he took his own life
June 21, 1869.

* Essex Deeds, book 256, leaves 30 and 31

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When the city charter was adopted, in 185 1, the following-
named physicians were living within the limits of the city : —

Jonathan G. Johnson, residence on Spring street.

Samuel W. Wyman, " " Orange '*

Kichard S. Spofford, '« " Fair "

l':noch Cross, " " Middle "

J lenry C. Perkins, '* »« Essex "

Stephen M. Gale, " " State **

George W. Skinner, «' «* State "

Job T. Dickens, " " Pleasant "

J. II. Sawyer, " " Titcomb "

John Atkinson, " «* Strong "

John Merrill, " «« High * "

H. T. Packer, " «* Warren "

E. P. Grosvenor, ** " High "

Other physicians subsequently began the practice of medi-
cine in Ncwburyix)rt at the dates named in the following
list : —

James A. Tilton,

1853

Daniel H. Spofford,»

1877

Josiah Atkinson,

i«53

Alvah B. Dearborn,

1877

Francis A. Howe,

1857

James A. Merrill,

1877

E. P. Cummings,

1866

Frank A. Hale,

1879

George W. Snow,

1866

Henry F. Adams,

1883

David Foss,

1869

I. B. Bolton,

1883

Job B. M. Dickens,

1872

John Homer,

1884

Edward P. Hurd,

i«73

Charles W. Stiles,

1886

George Montgomery,

i«73

Ernest H. Noyes,

1889

James J. Healey,

1874

George W. Worcester,

1889

John F. Young,

1874

Frederick Tigh,

1891

' ]>. Daniel II. S|K)ffc»ril came to Ncw!)iiry|Mirt in 1877. He ha<l an office at
No. 1 1 Hrown s(|iiare, and afterwards at No. 55 State street, removing to Ikniton
in .September, 1878, but visiting Newhiiry|x>rt twice a week for several months
after the last-named date. He was a Christian Scientist, using, according to his
published statement, ^< no medicine, mediumship, or mesmerism.*^ He became
involved in a centroversy with Mrs. Mary Baker-Glover Eddy in regard to the
payment of a royalty of two dollars a week which she claimed, and was subse-
(|uently, according to the account published in the Newburyport Herald October.
50, 1878, the victim of a conspiracy that culminated in an attempt to kidnap him
and compel him to abandon his practice in Massachusetts.

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Charles F. Johnson,

1892

Randolph C. Hurd,

I90I

Clarence C. Day,

((

1894

Charles F. A. Hall,

1902

Abby Noyes Little,

1897

Fred O. Morse,

1903

Arthur C. Nason,

1897

Robert D. Hamilton,

1905

Warren W. Pillsbury,

1897

James O. I^caillnde,

1905

Simeon O. Pilling,

l8c>S

John W. Shaw,

1907

Alphonso B. Brown,

{(

1901

Frank W. Snow,

((

1907

Thomas R. Healy,

190!

Cobum D. Wendell,

c«

1908

In addition to the doctors who have settled in Newbury-
port, many who were born within the present limits of the
city have located elsewhere. One distinguished physician,
eminent in the.profession, and for many years clinical profes-
sor at Harvard University, has recently died in lk>ston. A
brief sketch of the prominent events in his life closes this
chapter.

Frederick Irving Knight, son of Frederick and Ann
(Goodwin) Knight, was born in Newburyport May 8, 1841.
He graduated at Yale college in 1862, and at the Harvard
medical school in 1 866, completing his studies in the hospi-
tals of Berlin, Vienna and London two or three years later.

Returning to Massachusetts, Doctor Knight settled in Bos-
ton and devoted himself to the treatment of diseases of the
throat and chest.

October 15, 1 871, he married, in Berlin, Louisa Armistead
Appleton, and soon after that date purchased a commodious
dwelling house on Beacon street, in Boston, where he lived
until his death. He was consulting physician of the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital for many years, and a frequent
contributor to the journals of medical science.

His wife died August 23, 1901. He died February 20,
1909, leaving one daughter, Mrs. G. K. B. Wade of New
York City, l^th Doctor Knight and his wife were buried in
Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport.

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Simon Greenleaf, son of Moses and Lydia (Parsons)
Grcenleaf, was born in Newburyport December 5, 1783. His
father, with other members of the family, removed to New
Gloucester, Maine, in 1 790, but Simon, then seven years old,
remained in Newburyport, with his grandfather Jonathan
Greenleaf, ship-builder, and attended the Latin Grammar
school, then in charge of Michael Walsh, author of Walsh's
Arithmetic. He afterwards read law in the office of Hon.
Ezckiel Whitman at New Gloucester, was admitted to the
Cumberland bar in 1806, and beg.in the practice of law in
Standish, Maine, removing to Portland in 18 18.

He married, September 18, 1806, Hannah, daughter of
Ezra and Susanna (Whitman) Kingman of Bridgewater,
Mass. During his residence in Portland he received from
Bowdoin college the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

In 1834, he was appointed Royal Professor of the Harvard
law school, and accepted the Dane Professorship after the
death of Judge Story, in 1836. He was a writer of marked
ability, and published several volumes with titles as follows : —

Brief inquiry into the origin and principles of Free Masonry, 1820.
Collection of Cases Overruled, Doubted, or Denied, 1840.
Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of

Evidence as administered in the Courts of Justice, with an account

of the trial of Jesus, 1 S46.
Digest of the Law of Real Property, with notes, 1850.
The Law of Evidence, volume 1 in 1842; volume II in 1846, and

volume 111 in 1852.

In 1848, Professor Greenleaf was obliged to resign his

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office in the Harvard Law School on account of ill health.
He died in Cambridge October 6, 1853.

Hannah Flagg Gould daughter of Benjamin and Grizzell
Apthorp (Flagg) Gould, was born in I^ncaster, Mass., Sep-
tember 3, 1789. She came, with her father, mother and
other members of the family, to Newburyport in the year
1 8cx), and lived with them for many years in a three-story
brick dwelling house on Charter street now owned and occu-
pied by John E. McCusker.'

At an early date she wrote occasional verses and short
sketches for the ncwsi)apcrs of the day. Her first volume of

poems was published in 1832,

a second cnlition in 1833, and

a third in 1835. These poems,

with some additional odes,

hymns and verses, were pul>-

lished in two volumes in 1836

and 1839, and in three volumes

in 1841.

^ff^ \^ ^^ She subsequently wrote and

1^ ^alS^^ published " The Golden Vase ;

1^ ^KkA ^ ^^^ ^^'' ^^^ Young," in 1843 \

^|L jjP ** Gathered Leaves," a coUec-

^L f , - - * tion of prose sketches, in 1 846 ;

** New Poems," and ** Esther :
a Scripture Narrative," in
1850; "Diosma," a collection
of original and selected poems, in 1851 ; ** The Youth's
Coronal" in 1852; »* The Mother's Dream and other
Poems" in 1853; "Hymns and Poems for Children" in
1854; and ** Poems for Little Ones" in 1863.

She died September 5, 1865, unmarried, and was buried in
the New Hill burying ground. Ten or fifteen years later

HANNAH K. (;OULI>.

* "Ould Newbury:" llislorical and biographical Sketches, pages 659-663.

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some sprightly verses, written at the beginning of her literary
career for the entertainment of her personal friends, and
called "Epitaphs," were printed in the newspapers of the
day and subsequently collected and published in ixiniphlct
form.'

A portrait of Miss Gould, painted by an unknown artist,
although crude and unsatisfactory, gives in an exaggerated
form the shape and lineaments of her face, as shown in the
above half-tone print.

RouERT Sthvenson Coi'fin, son of Rev. Ebenezer and
Mary (Newhall) Coffin, was born in Brunswick, Maine, July
14, 1794.* He was educated in the public schools of New-
bury, and afterwards learned the trade of a printer in New-
buryport. In the war of 18 12 he shipped as a seaman on
board a vessel that was captured by an English frigate and
the crew made prisoners. After his release he found employ-
ment in a printing office in Boston, and was subsequently
assistant editor of a newspaper in Philadelphia.

His poetical contributions to the press were collected and
published in 1817 under the title of "The Printer and sev-
eral other Poems, by R. S. Coffin," and in 1818 "The Mis-
cellaneous Poems of the Boston Bard " were printed in Phil-
adelphia, by J. II. Cunningham, for the author. In 1825, he
published a brief sketch of his life, and in 1826 a volume of
poetry with the following title-page : —

* Sec ap|)cn<lix; ami, aljw), Poets of Emcx ('oiinty, by Sidney l^erley, poises
6466.

• Rev. ICI)cncy.er Collin wiw I Kirn in Ncwiniry Kchnmry 16, \*j(^)\ Krailualctl at
Harvard in 1789, and ordained pastor o( the Congregational church in Brunswick
in 1793. He married Mary Newhall October 17, 1793, and in 1802 removed
with his family to Newbury, where he was employed as a school teacher for many
vears. He died January 26, 18 16.

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Oriental Harp*
Poems

of the

Boston Bard

" This is my own, my native land "

Providence, K. I.

Printed and Published by Smith & Parmenter

Agents for the sale of the Oriental Harp

1826

He returned to New England weak and impoverished by
the intemperate use of intoxicating liquor. In December,
1826, he had rooms at the residence of Major Gilman White,
opposite the head of Market street, in Newburyport.* He
died in Rowley, Mass., May 7, 1827. Funeral services were
held in St. Paul's church, -Newbury port. Rev. James Morss
officiating. He was buried in the graveyard near the head of
Marlborough street, in the town of Newbury.s

George Wood, son of William and Mary Wood, was bom
in Newburyport July 21, 1798. After the death of his
father he removed in 18 16, with his mother, to Alexandria,
Va., where he found employment in a large commission house.
Three years later he was a clerk in the war department at
Washington, D. C, and afterwards held a responsible position
in the treasury department.

He was a contributor to the Knickcrlx)ckcr and other mag-
azines in 1846, and two years later published ** Peter Schlemihl
in America ;" following this story of fashion and folly, in
1855, with "Modern Pilgrims," showing the improvements
in travel and the newest methods of reaching the " Celestial
City." In 1856, he published "Marrying too late, — a Tale
designed to illustrate God's Providence in the Relations of
Married Life," and in 1858 ** Future Life: or Scenes in

* Newburyport Public library.

' Advertisement in Newburyport Herald , Decemlier 22, 1826.

' Newburyport Herald, May ii, 1827. See Poets of Essex County, pages 45-47.

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Another World." The title of the last-named book was
changed to " The Gates Wide Open : or Scenes in Another
World/* when the second edition was printed, in 1869, after
Miss Phelps had published ** Gates Ajar."

During the last years of his life Mr. Wood was a frequent
contributor to the Newburyix)rt Herald under the pseudonym
of " Peter Schlemihl." He died in Saratoga, N. Y., August
24, 1870.

CiiAKiJ'is T. Woodman, son of Joseph II. and Hannah
(JJartlett) Wcxxlman, was born in Newbury|K)rt April 13,
1802. He learned the trade of a baker in Wilmington, Mass.,
and was afterwards a clerk in a grocery store in Weare, N.
H. Becoming dissipated, he wandered from town to town in
search of employment, and was reduced to extreme poverty.
In November, 1841, he returned to Newburyport, and was
for several months an inmate of the almshouse. In April,
1842, he signed the pledge of the Washingtonian Total
Abstinence society, and began his career as a temperance
lecturer in Phenix hall, Newburyport.

He published, in 1843, "The Narrative of Charles T.
Woodman, a Reformed Inebriate, written by himself.**

William Lloyj) Garrison, son of Abijah and Fanny
(Lloyd) Garrison, was born December 10, 1805, in a house
that is still standing on School street, in Newburyport. When
only thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to Ephraim
W. Allen, editor and proprietor of the Newburyport Herald,
and for .scycnj^ears was busily engaged in learning the trade
of a printer. In 1826, he established and published, for six
months, ** The l*>ee Press,'* a weekly newspaper, independent
in i)olitics, but frank and honest in the discussion of the ques-
tions of the day. With the limited means at his command
he was unable to continue the publication of this paper, and
removed to Boston, where he found employment as a journey-
man printer. In January, 1828, he was editor of ** The Na-

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tional Philanthropist," published in that city and " devoted
to the suppression of intemperance and its kindred vices and
to the promotion of industry, education and morality.*' In
the month of October following, he had charge of **The
Journal of the Times," established in Bennington, Vermont,
to advocate the re-election of John Quincy Adams over An-
drew Jackson, and in 1829 was associated with Benjamin
Lundy in the publication of the " Genius of Universal Eman-
cipation," in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was convicted and
confined forty-nine d.iys in jail for publishing certain allcgal
libelous statements relating to the transportation of slaves in
a vessel owned by Francis TcKld of Newburyport.

After his release from jail Mr. Garrison returned to Boston,
and, with the assistance of Isaac Knapp, published the first
number of "The Liberator" January i, 183 1. His subse-
quent career as editor, publisher and anti-slavery reformer
has been described by his children, in four large volumes, to
which the reader is referred for further information. The
half-tone print on the opposite page is taken from a brief
sketch of his life published in " Ould Newbury :" Historical
and Biographical Sketches.

Mr. Garrison died May 24, 1879, ^^ the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Henry Villard, in New York City, and was
buried on the twenty-eighth of May following in Forest Hills
cemetery at Jamaica Plain, Mass.

William Stoodlv Bartlet, son of William and Betsey
(Stoodly) Bartlet, was born in Newburyport April 8, 1 809.
He was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal
church in 1836, and graduated at Trinity college in Hartford,
Connecticut, in 1840. He was afterwards rector of Imman-
uel church. Little Falls, New York, St. Andrew's church,
Providence, R. I., and St. Luke's church, Chelsea, Mass.

He married Hannah M. Stevens of Pittston, Maine, in
June, 1841. She died in 1870; and, F*ebruary 22, 1873, he
married Mrs. Elizabeth Somerby.

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He was the author of ** The Frontier Missionary : A Me-
moir of the life of the Rev. Jacob Bailey, A. M., Missionary
at Pownalborough, Maine, Cornwallis and Annapolis, N. S.,"
published in 1853, and a frequent contributor to the National
Quarterly Review, the Church Monthly and other religious
and historical publications.

He died in Chelsea, Mass., December 12, 1883, leaving a
widow, but no children.

Thomas March Clark, son of Thomas March and Re-
becca (Wheelwright) Clark, was born in Newburyport July
4, 1 812, and graduated at Yale college in 1831. He studied
for the ministry at Princeton, and after completing his edu-
cation preached for a few months in the First Presbyterian
meeting-house in Newburyport, and afterwards in the Old
South meeting-house in Boston. November 6, 1836, he was
ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal church,
and was installed rector of Grace church, Boston. He was
afterwards rector of St. Andrew's church in Philadelphia,
assistant minister in Trinity church, l^ston, and rector of
Christ church, Hartford. In 1854, he was elected bishop of
Rhode Island, and on the sixth of December was consecrated
in Grace church, Providence. On the death of Bishop Wil-
liams, in February, 1 899, he became by official seniority the
presiding bishop of the Protestant Episa)pal church in
America.

For many years he was an interesting and popular lyceum
lecturer, and a regular contributor to the New York Ledger.
He published, in 1852, "Lectures to Young Men on the
Formation of Character*'; in i860, "The Efficient Sunday
School Teacher ** ; in 1869, "The Primary Truths of Relig-
ion"; in 1888, "Readings and Prayers for aid in Private
Devotions *' ; and in 1895, '* Reminiscences."

He also published, anonymously, a story entitled "John
Whopper, the Newsboy,'' which has recently been re-printed
with his name on the title-page.

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On many public occasions Bishop Clark was the guest of
the city of Newburyix)rt. At the presentation of the statue
of Washington, February 22, 1879, he was the orator of the
clay, and June 2f, 1890, he delivered an eloquent and appro-
priate .address at the laying of the corner-stone of the Young
Men's Christian Association building, on State street.

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lie married, October 3, 1838, (Caroline, daughter of Hen-
jamin and Harriet (1-ang) Howard of Boston. She died
August 15, 1884, and was buried in the cemetery adjoining
St. Mary's church, South Portsmouth, R. I. He died at his
summer residence in Middlctown September 7, 1903, and
was buried by the side of his wife in the cemetery at South
Portsmouth.

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RuKUS WiiETEi.wRir.iiT Ci.ARK, son of Thomas March and
Rebecca (Wheelwright) Clark, was born in Newburyport
December 17, 1813, and graduated at Yale college in 1838.
He was pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Wash-
ington, 1). C, from 1 84 1 to 1842, and of the North church
in Portsmouth, N. H., from 1842 to 1851. He married, in
June, 1843, Eliza, daughter of Rev. William C. and Margaret
(Muse) Walton of Alexandria, Va. From 185 1 to 1857, he
was pastor of the Maverick church in East Boston, Mass.,
and of the South Congregational church in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
from 1857 to 1862. He accepted a call to the First Re-
formed (Dutch) church in Albany, N. Y., in 1862, and re-
mained ixistor of that church until his death, August 9,
1886.

He published many sermons and public addresses in pam-
phlet form, and several volumes of essays and biographical
sketches, as follows : —

Lectures lo Young Men (Iwo volumes), 1842.

Memoirs of Rev. John K. Emerson, 1851.

Heaven and its Scriptural Emblems, 18^3.

Life Scenes of the Messiah, 1854.

Romanism in America, 1854.

The African Slave Trade, i860.

Heroes of Albany (1 861-1865), 1867.

The Bible and the School Fund, 1870.

George Henry Clark, son of Thomas March and Re-
becca (Wheelwright) Clark, was born in Newburyport No-
vember 7, 1 8 19, and graduated at Yale college in 1843. He
was admitted to the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal
church in 1846, and was rector of All Saints church in
Worcester, Mass., from 1847 to 1849. He married Lucia
Dlake December 6, 1 849, and soon after removed to Savannah,
Ga., where he was rector of St. John's church from 1853 to
1 86 1. His wife died February 14, i860, and the next year
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he officiated for six years. He married, October 3, 1865, Mrs.
Susan Sanderson Perkins, for his second wife, and continued
to reside in Hartford until his death, March 31, 1906.

During the last years of his life he was deeply interested in
the study of historical questions, and was an active member
of the Connecticut Historical Society. His contributions to
literature include a life of Oliver Cromwell, published in 1893.

Samuel Adams Clark, son of Thomas March and Re-
becca (Wheelwright) Clark, was born in Newburyport January
27, 1822, and was educated at Andovcr, Mass., and at the
Theological seminary in Alexandria, Va. In 1848, he was
rector of the Church of the Advent in Philadelphia, and on
the twenty-sixth of October he married Sarah, daughter of
John Snowden and Elizabeth IngersoU (Bayard) Henry of that
city. In 1856, he accepted a call to St. John's church, in
Elizabeth, N. J., where he continued to officiate until his
death, January 28, 1875.

He published, in 1846, "A Memoir of Albert W. Day,"
and, in 1857, the *' History of St. John's Church, Elizabeth,
N. J."

Alhert Pike, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Andrews)
Pike, was bom in Boston December 29, 1809. His parents
removed to Ncwbury|X)rt in 18 14, and for ten or twelve
years after that date he was a pupil in the primary and
grammar schools of the town. He afterward entered Har-
vard college, but his limited means did not allow him to
remain there long enough to complete his education.

In 1 830, he taught a private school in Newburyport, and
subsequently went to Fairhaven, and thence to St. Louis,
Missouri, walking most of the way. In 1833, he was the
owner and editor of the Arkansas Advocate, a newspaper
published in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he resided for
more than thirty years, and married Mary Ann Hamilton
October 10, 1834.

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He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1836, devoting
himself to the practice of his profession until the banning
of the Mexican war, when he was commissioned captain of a
company of cavalry and served with distinction in the Amer-
ican army on the Rio Grande. At the close of the war he
was admitted to the bar of the supreme court at Washing-
ton, D. C, but retained his residence in Little Rock, Ar-
kansas.

He published, in 1834, "Prose Sketches and Poems," in
1839, •* Hymns to the Gods," in 1854, a collection of poems
under the title of ** Nugae," and subsequently the decisions
of the supreme court of Arkansas, in five volumes.

In the Civil war he was a brigadier-general in the Confed-
erate army, and had command of several regiments, or bat-
talions, of Cherokee Indians in the battles of Pea Ridge and
Elkhorn. After the defeat of the Confederate forces and the
surrender of Lee at Appomattox, in Virginia, General Pike
was for two or three years editor of the Memphis Appeal, a
newspaper published in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1868, he
removed to Washington, D. C, where he became prominent
in Masonic organizations, and was made grand commander of
the supreme council of the thirty-third degree and grand
commander of the royal order of Scottish Rite Masons.'

He dial in Washington April 2, 1891. A collection of his
poems, with a brief biographical sketch, was published in
Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1900.

Lucy Hooper, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Whitte-
more) Hooper, was born in Newburyport February 6, 18 14.*
She wrote and published " Some lines on the closing of the
Sunday School in St. Paul's Church," and a few prose
sketches of unusual merit previous to her removal with her
parents and other members of the family to Brooklyn, N. Y.,

* The Poctg of Essex County, page 131.

' See genealogical account of the family of Joseph Hooper on ]>age 197.

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in 1830. After that date, she was a frequent contributor to
the Long Island Star and other newspapers and popular
magazines of that day.

She published, in 1841, " Scenes from Real Life and other
American Tales,** and an essay on '* Domestic Happiness.**
"The Lady *s Book of Flowers and Poetry*' was prepared
for publication soon after that date, but th^ manuscript was not
placed in the printer's hands until ten or twelve years later.

Miss Hooper died of pulmonary consumption August i,
1 84 1, and was buried in Wallabout cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
but was subsequently removed to Evergreen cemetery, near
Bush wick, where other members of her family are buried.*

The complete poetical works of Lucy Hooper, with a
memoir by John Keese, were published in New York in 1842,
and a second edition in 1 848.*

She possessed the soul of a true poetess, and although her brief life,
domestic afHiction, and ill health prevented her from doing full justice to
her powers, many of her effusions bear the stamp of true, feminine
genius.

Whittier saw her frequently during her residence in New-
buryport, and published the following lines soon after her
burial in Wallabout cemetery : —

They've laid thee midst the household graves,

Where father, brother, sister lie ;
Below thee sweep the dark blue waves,

Above thee bends the summer sky.
Thy own loved church in sadness read
Her solemn ritual o*er thy head,
And ble.<i.sed and hallowed with her prayer
The turf laid lightly o*er thee there.
That church, whose rites and liturgy.
Sublime and old, were truth to thee,

* Evergreen cemetery was incorporated in 1849. Soon after that date Wallabout
cemetery was discontinued as a place of burial. It now forms a part of the Brooklyn
navy yard. The Hooper lot in Evergreen cemetery is on Greenwood avenue, near
the chapel.

* Sec r«»et8 of Essex County, pMjjes 8o-8j.

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Uodoubted to thy bosom takeo,

As symbols of a faith unshaken.

Even I, of simpler views, could feel

The beauty of thy trust and zeal ;

And, owning not thy creed, could see

How deep a truth it seemed to thee,

And how thy fervent heart had thrown

O'er all, a coloring of its own,

And kindled up, intense and warm,

A life in every rite and form,

As, when on Chebar's banks of old

The Hebrew's gorgeous vision rolled,

A spirit filled the vast machine,

A life " within the wheels " was seen.

Farewell ! A little time, and we

Who knew thee well, and loved thee here.
One after one shall follow thee.

As pilgrims through the gate of fear,
Which opens on eternity.
Yet shall we cherish not the less

All that is left our hearts meanwhile ;
The memory of thy loveliness

Shall round our weary pathway smile.
Like moonlight when the sun hss set,
A sweet and tender radiance yet.
Thoughts of thy clear-eyed sense of duty.

Thy generous scorn of all things wrong.
The truth, the strength, the graceful beauty

Which blended in thy song.
All lovely things, by thee beloved,

Shall whisper to our hearts of thee ;
These green hills, where thy childhood roved.

Yon river winding to the sea.
The sunset light of autumn eves

Reflecting on the deep, still floods.
Cloud, crimson sky, and trembling leaves

Of rainbow-tinted woods,
The.se, in our view, shall henceforth lake
A tenderer meaning for thy sake ;
And all thou lovedst of earth and sky
Seem sacred to thy memory.*

* Whitlier's Ci>nn)lctc Viiglical W«»rks, pages 174 ami 175.

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John B. Gough was bom in Sandgate, Kent county, Eng-
land, August 22, 1817. His father was a soldier in the Eng-
lish army, and afterwards coachman and servant to Rev. J. D.
Glennie, a minister of the Church of England in Sandgate.

When nearly twelve years of age, young Gough sailed
from London in the ship Helen, with a family who had
agreed to provide a home for him in America. He arrived in
New York August 3, 1829; and subsequently learned the
trade of a book-binder, but was unable to secure steady em-
ployment on account of his intemperate habits.

In January, 1838, he came to Newburyport, hoping to
restore his health and avoid the temptation to drink. A
few months later he shipped on a fishing vessel bound to the
bay of Chaleur. Returning to Newburyport in November
of that year, he found employment as a book-binder with
John G. Tilton, John Gray and others.

In November, 1838, he married Mary B., daughter of Sam-
uel and Abigail Cheney of Newbury, and for several months
attended divine service in the meeting-house of the Fourth
Religious Society of Newburyport, Rev. Randolph Campbell,
pastor.

He was fond of convivial company, and frequently enter-
tained his friends with popular songs and humorous stories.
On the eighteenth of March, 1839, he gave a concert in
Market hall,' which was repeated four days later in Franklin
hall, Amesbury. Subsequently, he was employed by the
manager of a diorama and traveled from place to place, for
several months, assisting in the display of moving figures
supix)scd to represent soldiers at the battle of Bunker hill.

' 'Hie aclvertisenient c>( this concert published in tlie Newl>ury|X)rt I leraUl reads
as follows: —

<* Grand Concert at Market Mall this evening. Mr. John B. Gough respectfully
informs the ladies and gentlemen of Newburyport and vicinity that he will give a
concert at the Market Hall this evening, March i8th, on which occasion he will
introduce several new and {popular songs, lie will lie assisted by a ])art of the
Newburyport Brass Band, who have been engaged by him for the occasion."

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In October, he was in Worcester, Mass., where he decided
to remain and work at his trade with the firm of Hutchinson
& Crosby, book-binders. His wife removed from Newbury-
port to that city, and died there, with an infant daughter, in
1840.

Overwhelmed with grief, Mr. Gough yielded to the tempta-
tions of the saloon, neglected his work, lost his situation, and
soon found himself homeless and friendless. After months
of reckless dissipation, he siorned the pledge, and in October,
1842, began his career as a temperance lecturer, visiting the
principal towns and cities of New England, and speaking to
large audiences with unusual power and vigor.

November 24, 1 843, he marrictl Mary K. Whitcomb of
Boylston, Mass., and several years later visited England, Scot-
land and Ireland, where his lectures on temperance and kin-
dred subjects were received with unbounded enthusiasm and
tumultuous applause.

He published his autobiography in 1845, and at later dates
other books with titles as follows : ** Orations," 1854; sec-
ond, and much enlarged, edition of his "Autobiography," 1869 ;
"Temperance," 1870; " Temperance Lectures," 1875 ; "Sun-
light and Shadows, or Gleanings from my Life Work," 1880 ;
" Platform Echoes, or Living Truths of Head and Heart,"
1886.

Mr, Gough died, while on a lecturing tour, in Frankfort,
Pennsylvania, l**cbruary 18, 1886.

Mary Euphemia Vale, daughter of Gilbert and Hepsibah
(Johnstone) Vale, was born in Hastings, England, in 18 17.
She came with her father, mother and other members of the
family to New York in 1823, and married, in that city, in
1 842, Mayo G. Smith, son of Foster Smith. Soon after her
marriage she came with her husband to Newburyport, and
lived for some months in the family of her father-in-law, on
Smith's court, removing later to a dwelling house on Essex
street, where her husband had an office fitte^l up for his use

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as a surgeon dentist. The children by this marriage were
Mayo Vale Smith, born June 25, 1844," and Euphemia Smith,
born September 20, 1848.*

After the discovery of gold in California, in 1849, Doctor
Smith went to the Pacific coast, and remained there seven
years. During his absence Mrs. Smith was busily engaged
in literary work. She was a frequent contributor to the New-
buryport Herald, editor of the Saturday Evening Union, and
author of a History of Newbury, published in 1854. In
'857, she removed to New York, and was there granted a
decree of divorce from her husband.

Two or three years later, she married, in New York, Dr.
D. S. Blake, who had been for ten or fifteen years a surgeon
dentist in Newburyport. After her second marriage, she
resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., and published, in 1874, "Arctic
Experiences, containing G. E. Tyson's wonderful drift in the
ice floe, a history of the Polaris Expedition, the cruise of
the Tigress, and rescue of the Polaris survivors ; *' in 1894,
" The universal name, or one hundred songs to Mary ;" and
in 1901, "History of the Tammany Society, or Columbian
Order, from its organization to the present time."

Mrs. Euphemia (Vale-Smith) Blake died in Brooklyn
October 21, 1904.

George J. L. Coi.nY, son of Joseph Lunt and Hannah
(Fowler) (^olby, was born in Newbury, near the corner of
Water and Marlborough streets, January 12, 18 19. He at-
tended the district school at "Trayneing Green,'* and after-
wards was a student in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, at
Kent's hill, Readfield, Maine, where he graduated with honor,
but did not enter college on account of ill health.

When eighteen or nineteen years of age he taught school
in West Newbury, Mass., and in 1839 published a newspaper

* Authorixed by the anirt of Kitifrs county, N. Y., to lake the name of Sydney
Vale Lowell, lie \% at the present time a cuunselor-at-law in New York City.

* Euphemia Smith died August 9, 185 1.

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in Lowell. Three years later, he was editor of an anti-
slavery paper in the town of Amesbury, lecturing occasionally
in New Hampshire and adjoining states on "Slavery,"
"Temperance" and other topics of the day.

In 1846, he removed to Newbiiryport, and for several years
was a clerk in the ix)st-office. February 22, 1847, he mar-
ried, at l^^ranccstown, N. 11., Sarah Arabella, daughter of
Daniel and Persis Matilda (Ladd) Thompson. Soon after
that date he rented a house on Marlborough street, and after-
ward on Purchase street, Newburyport, where he resided
until 1858, when he purchased a two-story dwelling house on
the southeasterly side of Court street, near High street, that
he owned and occupied for more than twenty yeai-s.

He was associated with William H. Huse in the publication
of the Daily Evening Union, and when that paper was dis-
continued, in 1854, he became editor, and, in 1856, one of the
proprietors of the Newburyport Herald.

August 27, 1866, he was appointed postmaster, and held
that office for nearly three years while Andrew Johnson was
president of the United States. In November, 1869, he was
elected representative to the General Court for the session
beginning January 5, 1870, and subsequently re-elected for
the session beginning January 4, 1871.

He was editor and one of the publishers of the Merrimac
Valley Visitor from 1872 until it was discontinued in 1887.
In addition to his editorial duties, he wrote, in 1878, the his-
tory of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, pub-
lished by C. F. Jewett & Co., of Boston, in the Standard
History of Essex County.

In January, 1880, he was elected county commissioner,
which office he held until January, 1883. In November of
that year he was re-elected, and served for three years from
January, 1884. Many of the biographical sketches in the
second volume of the History of Essex County, edited by D.
Hamilton Hurd and published by J. W. Lewis & Co., of Phil-
adelphia, in 1888, were written by Mr. Colby.

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For two or three months he was editor of the Saturday
Night, a newspaper established in Newburyport in March,
1890, but was unable to devote much time to the work on
account of ill health. His wife died in West Ncwbuiy Sep-
tember 12, 1 87 1.' He died at his residence in Central place,
Newbury]X)rt, November 30, 1890. Funeral services were
held in the meeting-house of the First Religious Society, on
the third of December, Rev. Samuel C. Beane and Rev.
Samuel J. Spalding officiating.

Ben : Prrlev Poore, son of lienjamin and Mary Perley
(Dodge) Poore, was lM)rn in Newburyport November 2, 1820.
He attended schcK)l at Dummer Academy, and was editor and
publisher of a newspaper in Athens, Ga., before he was twen-
ty-one years of age. In 1841 he went to Brussels, as an
attach^ of the American legation, remaining there three
years, and subsequently to Paris, where he copied, for the
state of Massachusetts, ten large volumes of valuable manu-
script papers relating to the American Revolution.

June 12, 1849, he married Virginia, daughter of Francis and
Mary (Thompson) Dodge of Georgetown, D. C, and for sev-
eral years after that date was engaged in editorial work in
Boston, residing during the summer months at Indian hill in
West Newbury, Mass. In 1854 he went to Washington, D.
C, as special corresiwndent of the l^oston Journal, and sub-
sequently held, for more than twenty years, the office of clerk
of the committees, appointed by the United States senate, on
printing and foreign relations.

He was a strong and vigorous supporter of the Whig
party and of Millard Mllmore in the presidential election of
1856, and in a spirit of raillery and jest agreed to wheel a
barrel of apples from West Newbury to Boston if the Whig
candidate failed to receive a majority of the votes cast for
president in the state of Massachusetts. To his surprise,

* At that (late Mr. Colliy had a Ic^jal residence in NcwbuiyiK>rt, hut occupied a
dwelling house in West Newbury, near Indian Hill, during the summer months.

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however, John C. Fremont carried all the New England states.
With characteristic energy and promptness, Major Poore
started from Indian hill, on the fifth of November, with his
barrel of apples, and at mid-day November 7, 1856, was
greeted with cheers and the waving of flags by thousands of
spectators as he marched up State street on his way to the

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Tremont house in Boston, escorted by a company of Massa-
chusetts volunteer militia and a band of music playing the
popular airs of the day.

At the beginning of the Civil war he was major and after-
wards lieutenant-colonel of the sixth Massachusetts regiment,

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serving under the command of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, in
Maryland, in 1861. Resuming his duties at the national
Capitol in December of that year, he compiled and published
tlic " Congressional Directory," and subsecjucntly prepared
for the press several volumes of public documents, including
** Colonial Charters and other Organic Laws of the United
States," " Federal and State Constitutions," ** Our Diplo-
matic Relations *' and a " Catalog^ie of Government Publica-
tions."

In <iddition to his work as a journalist and as clerk of the
printing committee of the United States senate. Major I'oore
devoted considerable time to the collection of rare books,
autographs and Revolutionary relics, and occasionally wrote
interesting biographical sketches for the popular magazines
and reviews of the day.

As early as 1848 he published "The Rise and Fall of
I^uis Philippe," and several years later ** The Early Life of
Napoleon." In 1882 he wrote "The Life and Public Ser-
vices of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside;" in 1884, "The Life
of Hon. John Alexander Logan;" in 1885, **The Life of
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant," and in 1886, "Reminiscences of
Sixty Years in the National Metropolis."

Major Poorc died May 30, 1887, in Washington, D. C.
His widow, Virginia (Dodge) Poore, died in that city March
10, 1894. Both were buried in Walnut Hill cemetery, West
Newbury, Mass.*

Sarah Anna Emery, the only child of David and Sarah
(Smith) Emery, was born in Newburyport November 29,
1 82 1. After completing her education she taught a private
school for several years, and subsequently devoted consider-
able time and attention to Hterary work. She published three
volumes of local historical interest, entitled Three Genera-

' For further details see *<Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketch-
es, pages 352-356, and History of Essex County, compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd,
volume II, pages 1872-1876.

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tions (1872), Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian (1879), and
My Generation (1893).

She died in Newburyport May 13, 1907, unmarried.

James Pakton was born in Canterbury, England, l^'ebruary
9, 1822. His father died in 1826, and the next year he came
with his mother to New York City, where he attended school,
completing his education in a private academy at White
Plains, where he was employed as a teacher. Removing to
Philadelphia, a year or two later he was associated with
Samuel Edwards, and had charge of the English department
in a school established for the purpose of preparing boys for
collie, but returned to New York City in 1847, and devoted
his time and attention to literary work.

He married in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 5, 1856,
Sarah Payson (Willis) Eldredge, a widow with two children.
She died October 10, 1872. Soon after the last-named date
Mr. Parton came to Newburyport, and in 1875 purchased a
dwelling house on the southeasterly corner of High and
Oakland streets. He married, February 3, 1876, Ellen Willis
Eldredge, Rev. Joseph May, pastor of the First Religious
Society, officiating. The marriage ceremony was repeated
in New York City February 10, 1876, Rev. Stephen H.
Tyng, D. D., officiating.

During his residence in Newburyport he published, in 1877,
** Caricature and other Comic Art ;" in 1878, "The French
Parnassus ; " in 1881, '* Life of Voltaire ; " in 1883, *' Noted
Women of Europe and America ; " in 1884, "Captains of
Industry;" in 1885, "Princes, Authors and Statesmen of
our Time;" and, in 1 891, the second volume of the "Cap-
tains of Industry."

Mr. Parton died October 17, 1 89 1 , and was buried in Oak
Hill cemetery.'

' **Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 687-692.

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WiLi-iAM Cleaves Todii, son of Kbenezcr and l^sey
(Kimball) To<ld, was born in Atkinson, N. II., February 16,
1823. He was for ten years principal of the Female high
school in Newburyport. He wrote and published in the
magazines of the day biographical sketches of Daniel Web-
ster, Caleb dishing, Thomas Hart Benton, Timothy Dexter
and others. These skeli lies were collected and published in
1 901 in a volume entitled •* I^iographical and other Articles,"

He gave fifteen thousand dollars for the support of the
reading room connected with the Newburyport Public library,
and fifty thousand dollars for the erection of a new building
for the Anna Jaques hospital.*

He died, unmarried, in Atkinson, N. H., June 26, 1903.

Anne Gardner Hale, daughter of Jacob ^d Mary Jane
(Hoyt) Hale, was bom in Newburyport August 5, 1823.
She has publishetl two volumes of short stories, several es-
says and book reviews in pamphlet form, a volume of poems
in 1902, and a popular novel, in 1907, entitled "The Closed
Ikilcony." She owns antl occupies a dwelling house on the
northwesterly corner of Market and Washington streets.*

William Warner Caldwell, son of John and Eleanor
(Orne) Caldwell, was born in Newburyport October 28,
1823. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1843, and was a drug-
gist in Newburyiwrt from 1845 to 1881, when he retired
from business. lie published a volume of poetry entitled
*• Poems, Original and Translated," and more than fifty of
his German lyric translations have been set to music by John
W. Tufts for the "Normal Music Course." He died in
Newburyport October 23, 1908.^

Thomas Wentvvorth Hicu.inson, born in Cambridge,
Mass., in 1826, began his ministerial an<I literary career in

1 For further details see History of Newburyport (C'urrier), volume I, |)ages 243
note and 526 note.

• See Poets of Essex County, page 66.
' See Poets of Essex County, page 32.

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Newburyport. He was pastor of the First Religious church
and society from September, 1847, to September, 1849, and
retained his residence on Pond street, devoting his time to
the study of English literature and to literary work until
1852, when he removed to Worcester, Mass.

Joshua Danforth Robinson, son of Robert and Lucy P.
(Danforth) Robinson, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in
September, 1829. His parents removed to Newburyport
when he was only six or eight years old. In 1844, he was a
pupil in the English high school, then in charge of David P.
Page, principal. He graduated at Harvard college in 1851,
and was afterwards employed as instructor in the academy at
Milton, Mass., for twelve months. He married, in Newbury-
port, November 27, 185 1, Eliza Jane Lovett, daughter of
William H. and Eliza Ann (Chamberlin) Lovett ; and in 1853,
in company with his father and grandfather, under the firm-
name of Robert liobinson & Co., began the manufacture of
boots and shoes in a small work-shop in Newburyport, with a
salesroom in Boston.

He was elected a representative to the General Court for
the sessions beginning January 3, 1855, and January 2, 1856,
and wrote and published several poems of great merit ; one
of them, entitled " The Little 13oy that Died,*' had a wide
circulation, and was attributed, by many newspapers and mag-
azines, to the pen of Doctor Chalmers.

With his wife and other members of his family, he removed
to Texas in 1857, ^"^1 died of cholera in San Antonio Septem-
ber 15, 1866.

Joseph EinvARo IUbson, son of Joseph and Sarah Eliza
Babson, was born May 27, 1830, in a three-story dwelling
house still standing on Tyng street, Newburyport.' He at-

' Joseph Bahevon of Newbury|>ort marricfl .Sarah Klira Woodbury of Gloucester
July 10, 1828. Iledieil Novcniljer 7, 1829, six months before his son, Joseph
Edward Habson, was born.

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tended the grammar school on Kent street, Joseph Williams,
master, and the high school at the southeasterly end of Bart-
let Mall, Charles C. Dame, master.

When only fourteen or fifteen years of age, he was a clerk
in a grocery store kept by Parker Roberts* on the comer of
Market square and Liberty street, and in December, 1849,
he o|>encd a bookstore al No. 6 Pleasant street, near the
corner of State street.' "lie loved books, and drew habitual
breath in an atmosphere of fine thought,'* but lacked experi-
ence in the art of buying and selling. Ilis stock in trade
was injured by fire in 1853, and he was obliged to close his
business in Newburyport and accept a clerkship in a
bookstore in l^oston, living with his widowed mother, who
removed to Chelsea, lie wrote occasionally for the lioston
Transcript, under the signature " Tom 1^'olio," and at a later
date was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly. He
published several articles on Charles I^mb and some delight-
ful essays on other topics, as follows : —

Uncullectecl writings of Charles l.aml>.<
The new English edition of I^imh's Works.3
On a Pair of Spectacles.-*
Master Tread well. 5
Kitchen Common Sense.^

Mr. Babson never married. His mother died March 30,
1866, and three or four years later he removed to Melrose,
where he lived quietly, visiting ]k>ston occasionally to meet
old friends and read old books. He had but few intimate
acquaintances, and though somewhat of a recluse he was
cheerful and apparently contented with his condition in life.

* Newburyport Herald, June 2, 1850.

■ Atlantic Monthly, volume 1 1 , pai^e 529; volume 12, |Mi|>e40i; volume 14,
pages 478 and 552.

* Atlantic Monthly, volume 27, page 745.

* Atlantic Monthly, volume 21, page 534.
^ Atlantic Monthly, volume 25, page 699.

* Atlantic Monthly, volume 31, page 78.

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in an appreciative sketch published
in Scribner's Magazine for September, 1903, says : —

In iny early Boston days a gentle soul was often to be met with al>out
town, furtively haunting old book shops and dusty editorial rooms, a
man of ingratiating simplicity of manner, who always spoke in a low,
hesitating voice, with a note of refinement in it. He was a devout woi^-
shipper of Klia, and wrote pleasant, discursive essays smacking some-
what of his master's flavor — suggesting rather than imitating it — which
he signed " Tom Folio." I forget how he glided into my acquaintance-
.ship ; doubtless in some way too shy and elusive for remembrance. I
never knew him intimately, perhaps no one did, but ihe intercourse be-
tween us was most cordial, and our chance meetings and bookish chats
extended over a space of a dozen years.

Tom Folio — I cling to the winning pseudonym — was sparely built and
under medium height, or may be a slight droop of the shoulders made
it seem so, with a fragile look about him and an aspect of youth that
was not his. Encountering him casually on a street comer you would,
at the first glance, have taken him for a youngish man, but the second
glance left you dcniblful. It was a figure that struck a note of singular-
ity, and would have attracted your attention even in a crowd.

Returning home from abroad one October morning several years ago,
1 was told that that simple spirit had passed on. His death had been
little heeded ; but in him had passed away an intangible genuine bit of
Old Uoston — as genuine a bit, in its kind, as the Autocrat himself — a
personality not to be restored or replaced. Tom Folio could never hap-
pen again 1

Strolling to-day through the streets of the older section of the town,
1 miss many a venerable landmark submerged in the rising tide of
change, but I mi.ss nothing quite as much as I do the sight of Tom
Folio entering the doorway of the Old Corner Bookstore, or carefully
taking down a musty volume from its .shelf at some mel.incholy old book-
stall on Comhill.'

During the last years of his life Mr. Babson rented a small
house in Melrose, and with an elderly housekeeper, who pro-
vided his meals and kept his clothing in order, he lived quietly
and comfortably, surrounded by his books and a few personal

• .Scribncr'H Mngnxinc, volume XXXIV, |>Agc8 277-27(^,

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friends. He died April 19, 1875. A low marble headstone
marks his last resting-place, near the graves of his father and
mother, in the New Hill burying ground in Newburyport,
only a few rods in a northwesterly direction from the graves
of Caleb Gushing and Hannah F. Gould.

In addition to his essays in the Atlantic Monthly,
Mr. Babson published, in 1865, *» Eliana : lieing the hitherto
uncollected writings of Gharles Lamb," with a preface dated
Ghelsea, May, 1 864 ; " The Wishing Gap Papers by Leigh
Hunt," in 1873, with a preface dated Melrose, December 4,
1872; and the "Fireside Saints: Mr. Gaudle's Breakfast
Talk, and other papers, by Douglas Jerrold," in 1873, with
a preface dated Melrose, July 24, 1873.

The second edition of the " Wishing Cap Papers " and the
"Fireside Saints** was published in 1888.

Caroline CusiiiNr, Ani>rews, daughter of John and Mar-
garet (Rand) Andrews, was born in Newburyport June 13,
1832. She graduated at the Putnam Free School in 1851,
and afterward attended a private school in Boston, where she
completed her education. Removing to Perth Amboy, New
Jersey, in 1854, she taught in the public schools of that place
until the beginning of the Civil war, when she went to
Washington, D. C, to assist in the instruction of colored
refugees from the Southern states.

January i, 1863, she married Rufus Lcighton of Washing-
ton, D. C., and with her husband, went, two years later, to the
Pacific coast, where she resided until 1883, when, returning
to Massachusetts, she published, in 1884, "Life at Puget
Sound;" in 1889, "A Swiss Thoreau ; " and, in 1891,
** Intimations of Eternal Life."

Mr. and Mrs. Leighton, with two daughters, born on the
Pacific coast) are now living at Melrose Highlands, Mass.

Jane Andrews, daughter of John and Margaret (Rand)
Andrews, was born in Newburyport December i, 1833. She

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graduated at the Putnam Free school in 1850, and from the
State Normal school in West Newton in 1853. For nearly
two years she was a pupil and instructor in Antioch college,
Ohio, under Horace Mann, returning to Newburyix>rt in
1855, on account of ill health. In 1861, she opened a pri-
vate school for children, in an upper chamber of her father's
house on High street, which she taught until compelled by
severe illness to relinquish her work in 1885. She published
several volumes, that have recently been re-published, with
titles as follows : —

The Seven Little Sisters who live on the Round Ball that floats in the
air, 1862.

Each and All : The Seven Little Sisters Prove Their Sisterhood, 1877.

Geographical Plays for Young Folks at School and at Home, 1880.

Ten Boys who lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now, 1885.

The Child's Health Trimer (published by the Woman's Christian Tem-
perance Union), 1885.

Only a Year and What it Brought, 1K.S8.

She died July 15, 1887. Since that date some of her
contributions to St. Nicholas and other magazines have been
collected and published by her sisters, Emily R. Andrews and
Margaret (Andrews) Allen, under the following titles : —

The Stories Mother Nature Told her Children, 1889.
The Stories of My Son's Friends, 1900.

Louisa Parsons (Stone) Hopkins, daughter of Jacob and
Eliza (Atkins) Stone, was born in Newburyport April 19,
1834. She was a pupil in the Putnam F'ree school in 1848,
gradtiating in 185 1, and completed her education at the State
Normal school at West Newton, Mass., in 1853. The next
year she was a teacher in one of the public schoolsjn Keene,
N. H., and afterwards in the Putnam F'ree school, Newbury-
port. In 1855, she was assistant preceptress in the Friend's
Academy, New Bedford, and in 1856 and 1857 was^teaching,
under the supervision of Eben S. Steams, princi[xil, in ^
private school for young ladies in Albany, N. Y.

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October 4, 1859, she married John Hopkins of New lied-
ford, and made that city her home for nearly thirty years.
She educated her children in a school which she established
for them and a few other children living in the vicinity of her
residence, and afterwards was instructor and lecturer in the
Swain Free school for four years. She devoted much time
to the study of educational questions, and published several
volumes on the science of teaching and kindred subjects.

At the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary of the settlement of Newbury exercises were held, June
10, 1885, in City hall, Newburyport, and Mrs. Hopkins read,
at the request of the committee of arrangements, a poem
written by her for that (Kxasion.

In 1887, she removed, with her husband, three sons and
two daughters, to Newburyport, and occupied a large three-
story dwelling house near the Essex-Merrimack bridge. In
the autumn of that year she was elected one of the super-
visors of the public schools of Boston, and in 1891 was
chairman of a commission ap|x>intcd by (iov. William E.
Russell to investigate the theories and methods of manual
training and industrial education. The other members of this
commission were Edwin P. Seaver and George E. McNeill.
To Mrs. Hopkins was assigned the duty of investigating the
manual training of boys and girls in primary and grammar
schools and the industrial training of advanced pupils in the
so-called "vacation schools." She made a long and exhaustive
report, which was published, in 1893, with other reports made
by the members of the commission associated with her. At
the expiration of her term of service she was obliged to de-
cline a re-appointment on account of ill health.

She died May 26, 1895, and her husband died on the sixth
of July following. They were buried in Oak 1 1 ill cemetery,
Newburyport.

During her residence in New Bedford she published two
volumes of poetry and several books on educational subjects,
as follows : —

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Motherhood, a poem, 1880.

Breath of the Field and Shore, 1881.

Handbook of the Karth : Natural Methods in Geography, 1883.

Natural History Plays, Dialogues and Recitations for School

Exhibitions, 1885.
Educational Psychology, a treatise for Parents and Educators, 1887.
Practical Pedagogy, or the Science of Teaching illustrated, 1 887.
Observation Lessons in the Primary Schools (In Four Parts), 1889

and i890.«

ITakiukt Kr,izAnRTii (Phrscott) Si*orFOKi>, daughter of
Joseph Newmarch and Sarah (Bridges) Trescott, was bom in
Calais, Maine, April 3, 1835. When only fourteen years of
age she came with her father, mother and other members of
the family, to Newburyport, and for three years was a pupil
in the Putnam Free school, graduating in 1852.

She contributed to the Atlantic Monthly, in 1859, ^ short
story entitled ** In a Cellar,** which established her reputa-
tion as a brilliant and iK)pular magazine writer, and in i860
published " Sir Rohan's Ghost,** a volume of three hundred
and fifty pages, which was followed in 1863 by "The Amber
Gods and other Stories,'* and in 1864 by the ** Azorian.*'

December 19, 1865, she married Richard S. Spofford, jr.,
of Newburyport. An only son, Richard Spofford Six)fford,
lx)rn Jantiary 30, 1867, died September 10, 1867.

In 1874, she removed with her husband to I Jeer island, in
the town of Amesbury, Mass., where he died Atigust 11,
1888. Residing during the winter months in Boston and
Washington, D. C, Mrs. Six)fford continues to occupy the
house at Deer island from May to December, busily engaged
in literary work.

Mary Nkwmarch Pkescott, datighter of Joseph New-
march and Satah (Bridges) Prescott, was born August 2,
1839, in Calais, Maine. Her parents removed to Newbury-

* rrniishilcd iiilo Russian, in n^7, I>y Mnic. Anim Saniiloff, wife <»f I'rofessiir A.
Saniiloff of the University of Kasan.

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port when she was quite young. After completing her edu-
cation, she wrote occasionally for Merry's Museum, Oliver
Optic's Magazine, Our Young Folks, and Harper's Monthly,
and soon became a regular contributor to these periodicals.
Her juvenile stories were exceedingly popular. They were
collected and published under the title of '« Matt's Follies."

She died, unmarried, June 14, 1888, at the home of her
brother-in-law, Richard S. SpofFord, on Deer island, Amesbury,
Mass.

Edwin Augustus Grosvenor, son of Dr. Edwin Prescott
and Harriet (Sanborne) Grosvenor, was born August 30,
1845, in that part of Newbury afterward set off and annexed
to Newburyport. He graduated at Amherst college in 1867,
and afterwards studied for the ministry, graduating at An-
dover Theological Seminary in 1872. He married Lilian H.
Waters of Milbury, Mass., October 23, 1873, and was pro-
fessor of history in Roberts college, Constantinople, for six
or seven years after that date. He is now professor of
European history in Amherst college, and has published sev-
eral volumes on " Constantinople," •' The Permanence of the
Greek Type," and '• Contemporary History of the World."

Adolpiius WAsiiiNciTON Greei^y, son of John Balch and
Frances Cobb Greely, was born in Newburyport March 27,
1844. He served with distinction in the Civil war, and was
appointed second lieutenant of a colored regiment at New
Orleans after the surrender of Port Hudson.

In 1867, he received his commission as second lieutenant
in the regular army, and was promoted, in 1873, to first lieu-
tenant, and detailed, in 1876, for service in the United States
signal corps.

June 20, 1878, he married Henrietta Crager Hudson Nes-
mith, daughter of Thomas L. and Marie A. (Gale) Nesmith
of San Diego, California, and afterwards had command of the
Lady Franklin Bay expedition to the north |X)lar sea. Rescued,

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with six of his companions, in a starving condition, by the
relief expedition sent by the United States government, un-
der Capt. Winfield S. Schley, he was greeted with a hearty
and enthusiastic public reception when he returned to New-
bury port August 14, 1884/

As chief signal officer of the United States army, he was
stationed at Washington, D. C, in 1885; promoted to the
rank of brigadier-general in 1887, and retired from active
service, with the rank of a major-general, in 1907.

He has published " Three Years of Arctic Service/*
" American Weather," ** American Explorers " and other
books on meteorology, climatology and polar discoveries.

Emily Adams Getciieli., daughter of Hubbard and Han-
nah Rolfe (Pillsbury) Getchell, was born in Newbury, now a
part of Newburyport, February 7, 1850. She was deeply
interested in historical and genealogical research, and pub-
lished many prose sketches and short poems in the newspa-
pers and magazines of Maine, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts. In 1898, she compiled and published, with the
assistance of David B. Pillsbury, the genealogical records of
the Pillsbury family in a volume of three hundred pages.
She died in Newburyport, unmarried, July 2, 1901.

Susan WunnEMORE Moulton, daughter of Henry Wil-
liam and Susan T^loyd (Whittcmorc) Moulton, was lx)rn in
that part of Newbury now included within the limits of New-
buryport, June 21, 1856. She wrote short stories for the
newspapers and magazines, and published a few short poems
that were well received. She died in Newburyix)rt February
19, 1889, unmarried.

George William Creasey, son of George and Harriet
(Lewis) Creasey, was born in Newburyport June 22, 1840.
After completing his education in the public schools, he

' History o( Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 447.

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learned the trade of a machinist. August 21, 1862, he mar-
ried Sarah Boardman, daughter of Joseph and Joanna Bartlett,
and soon after that date enlisted in the thirty-fifth regiment
of Massachusetts infantry, and was in the ninth corps of
the army of the Potomac at the battles of the Wilderness
and Spottsylvania, in Virginia. In 1864, he was captured and
confined in Libby prison at Richmond, and afterward removed
to Savannah, Georgia. At the close of the war, in May, 1865,
he was discharged from service in the army and returned to
Ncwl)ury|x)rt, where he found employment at his trade.

Six or eight months later, in company with Joseph Edward
Moody of this city, who had also been a soldier in the army
and confined in Libby prison, he decided to remove to Peters-
burg, Virginia, where he opened a store for the sale of lamps,
oils and painters' supplies. The firm of Moody & Creasey
was fairly successful, but the .senior partner, having been
offered a more lucrative iK)sition in New Orleans, Louisiana,
sold his interest in the business to Mr. Creasey, who remained
in Petersburg until 1868, when he was obliged to return to
Massachusetts on account of ill health.

In August, 1870, he was appointed clerk in one of the de-
partments of the Boston custom house, and subsequently
promoted to the office of chief clerk. October i, 1892, he
resigned his clerkship and accepted an appointment as super-
intendent of the Soldiers* home at Chelsea, Mass., which
position he held until stricken with paralysis, in April,
1904. In the month of August following he removed with
his wife to Lynn, where he still lives, with mind and body
weakened and enfeebled by disease.

In 1903, Mr. Creasey published, in a volume of five hundred
and forty pages, a carefully prepared history of " Newburyport
in the Civil War,*' with a full and complete record of the sol-
diers and sailors who were mustered into the service of the
United States and credited to the city of Newburyport from
1 86 1 to 1865 inclusive.

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Moses Foster Sweetser, son of Moses and Elizabeth
Sweetser, was born in Newburyport September 23, 1848. He
graduated at the Putnam Free school in 1867, entered Beloit
college, in Wisconsin, and completed his education at Colum-
bian college, in Washington, D. C. In 1871 and 1872, he
traveled in England and on the continent of Europe, studying
the habits and customs of the people, observing the 1^'ranco-
German war and writing occasional letters to the newspapers
in Washington, where his father and mother then resided.
Returning to the United States, he prepared and published,
in 1873, his guide book, "New England," on the Iteedeker
plan. In 1874, he prepared a similar book for **The Middle
States," in 1875 for "The White Mountains," and in 1876
for **The Maritime Provinces."

He married, in Boston, October 17, 1877, Edith A., daugh-
ter of William C. Balch, formerly of Newburyport. At that
date he was employed by James R. Osgood & Co., and after-
wards by Houghton, Osgood & Co., of Boston, to write the
biographies of some of the prominent Ttali.'ui and ICnglish
artists. He devoted much time and attention to this work,
publishing biographies of " Guido Reni," " Raphael," ** Rem-
brant," ''Titian," •' Murillo," "Claude Loraine," *• Fra An-
gelico," " Michael Angelo," ** Sir Joshua Reynolds," " Sir
Edwin Landseer,'* " Washington Allston " and others to the
number of eighteen in all.

Mr. Sweetser died in Lynn July 6, 1897, leaving a widow
and one son.

Mary Woodman, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hall)
Woodman, was born in Newburyport in 1834 probably. When
Rev. J. C. Fletcher, who built and occupied the stone dwelling
house near the Essex-Merrimack bridge, now known as
"Hawkeswood,'* was appointed by the United States govern-
ment consul to Oporto, in Portugal, Miss Woodman was invited
to go with his family to that city and assist in the duties of
housekeeping. She accepted the invitation, and remained in

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Portugal several years, devoting considerable time to teaching
and literary work.

Returning to the United States, she published, in 1903, "A
Touch of New England,'* an old-fashioned story *' For Young
and Old Hearts," which attracted considerable attention and
met with a comparatively large sale.

Miss Woodman is now living in Woburn, Mass., with her
brothers, Alfred and Charles Woodman.

Ai.icK Hrown, dauf^htcr of Levi and Elizabeth (Robinson)
Brown of Hampton Kails, N. H., was born December 5,
1856. After completing her education at Robinson Semi-
nary, in Exeter, N. H., in 1876, she became interested in
literary work, and for many years was on the editorial staff
of the Youth's Companion in Boston. She has published
several volumes of stories and poems, including •' Fools of
Nature," "Meadow Grass,'* "Tiverton Tales," "High
Noon," "The Court of Love," "Paradise," and '• Rose Mae
Lcod."

In 1 897 she came to Newburyport, and since that date has
occupied, during the summer months, a picturesque cottage on
Water street, near Ocean avenue, but probably will remove
soon to a large brick dwelling house, on the northeasterly
corner of Green and Washington streets, that she has recently
purchased.

Clara (Erskine-Clement) Waters, daughter of John and
Harriet (Godfrey) Erskine, was bom in St. Louis, Missouri,
August 28, 1834. She married, August 22, 1852, James
Hazen Clement ; and, after his death, in 1881, married. May
20, 1882, Edwin Forbes Waters, publisher of the Boston
Daily Advertiser.

She is the author of many books on legendary and mytho-
logical art, and has published several volumes of biographical
sketches of painters^ sculptors, architects and engravers.

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Mr. Waters died April i8, 1894, and s<K>n after that date
Mrs. Waters removed to Newburyport, and now owns and
occupies a house on the northeasterly side of High street,
near the head of Lime street.

In addition to the alK)vc-namcd authors, Rev. John Lowell,
Rev. Thomas Gary, Rev. Edward Bass, Rev. Jonathan Par-
sons, Rev. John Murray, Rev. Samuel Spring, Rev. James
Morss, Rev. Luther F. Dimmick, Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, Rev.
Ashbel G. Vermilye, Rev. Horace G. Hovey, Rev. Thomas B.
Fox, Rev. Joseph May, Rev. Samuel G. lieanc, Rev. Edward
A.Washburn, Rev. James H. Van Ikircn, Rev. Rufus Emery,
Rev. J. G. Fletcher, Rev. Samuel J. Spalding, Rev. Myron
O. Patton, Rev. (Icorge U. Miner and other |>astors of
churches in Newburyport, have published sermons, historical
addresses, genealogical records, biographical sketches, occa-
sional poems and essays ; and Nathan N. Withington, Lothrop
Withington, Miss Julia Gonstance P'letcher and Miss Ethel
Parton, writers of recognized ability, are frc<|uent contributors
to the newspapers and magazines of the day.

AKTISTS.

Benjamin Tucker, son of Rev. John and Sarah Tucker,
was born in Newbury November 13, 1768. He was one of
the first instructors in the art of drawing and iminting in
Newburyport. He received pupils two evenings in the week
at his studio on Middle street, and advertised for sale, at the
same place, " Two or three good likenesses of the late Rev.
John Murray."' Although an artist of some ability, his mini-
atures and portraits were severly criticised and none of them
were considered valuable works of art. In 1796, he turned
his attention to painting, gilding and varnishing, ** at the sign
of the Painter's arms," and advertised for sale, at his shop on
State street, ** a handsome engraving of the Town of Newbury-

1 Impartial Ilerakl, March 6, 1795.

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port, with or without Glass and Frame.'*' It gives a view of
the town as seen from Ring's island. This engraving, which
is now exceedingly rare and worthy of careful study, is
reproduced in the half-tone print facing the title-page of this
volume.

In October or November. 1796, Benjamin Tucker married
Miss Sally Ridgeway of Concord.* He was living in New-
buryport for several years after that date, but his subsequent
career is unknown.

Jacques Movsr Dupre, afterwards known as Moses D.
Cole, was probably born in Bordeaux, France, in 1783. He
was the son of Nicholas Cools Godefroy, a planter in the
town of Castrie, on the Island of St. Lucie, in the West In-
dies, who came to Newburyix)rt in April, 1795, and died in
the month of May following. All the real and personal estate
of Nicholas Cools Godefroy, except fifteen hundred livres to
his natural son, Jacques Moyse Dupre," was by the terms of
his will bequeathed to his son Cools Godefroy, then residing
in Baltimore, Md.^ Under the guardianship of William Farris
and Ebenezer Stocker, the sons of Nicholas Cools Godefroy
were carefully provided for until they came of age, when
Cools Godefroy returned to St. Lucie, where he died a few
years later ; and Jacques Moyse Dupre, taking the name
Moses Dupro C^ole, remained in Ncwbuiyport, and married,
June 20, 1802, Sarah Avery of York, Maine.

For several years Moses D. Cole had a store on State
street, where he painted ornamental signs, framed looking
glasses, and sold a few l>(K)ksand engravings. This store was
burned in the great fire of 181 1, and Mr. Cole leased a shop

1 Impartial Herald, March 29, 1796.

• Benjamin Tucker's intention of marriage was filed in Ncwburyport October
22, 1796.

' Essex Probate Records, book 364, leaf 222. William Farris and Ebenezer
Stocker were appointed executors of the will and guardian of Cools Godefroy
December 28, 1795 (Ixnik 364, leaf 223, and book 381, leaf 154).

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on Essex street and turned his attention to portrait i>ainting.'
When the brick dwelling house on the comer of State and
Harris streets was converted into a tavern, in 1814, Mr. Cole
painted on the sign that still hangs in front of that famous
hostelry, the portrait of General Wolfe, and subsequently
made an admirable sketch of President Monroe when that
distinguished statesman visited Ncwburyport in 1817.

Mr. Cole died September 18, 1849. His widow died Oc-
tober 25, 1874. His sons, Joseph Greenleaf, Lyman Emer-
son and Charles Octavius, inherited considerable artistic
talent, and painted some portraits that have been highly com-
mended by competent art critics.^

William Swain, son of
Levi and Phcbc Swain, was
born in Newburyport De-
cember 27, 1803. He was
a skilful artist, and at an
early age had a studio '* in
rooms over Mrs. Wood-
bury's store on Pleasant
street," where specimens
of his work were exhibited.*
In 1 825, St. Mark's lodge
of Free and Accepted
Masons purchased a full-
length |x)rtrait of General
Washington, painted by
Swain, and the next year
bought a portrait of Gen.
Joseph Warren, painted by
wii.iiAM SWAIN. the same artist.^

• .See advertisement in Newburyport I lerald and Commercial (jar.ette, .Sept. 19,1815

^ Two excellent |M>rtraits, one of Aimer ('aldwell, the other of his wife, painted
by Joseph Greenleaf Cole, are now in the possession of Frank S. Osgood, No. 41
Marlborough street; and Edward Osgood, at No. 49 Purchase street, has portraits
of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Goodwin, painted by Lyman Emerson Cole.

' Newburyport Herald, Novemlier 12, 1824.

"* ** Ouhl Newbury|)<>rt:*' Historical and biographical Sketches, |)age 625 note.

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In 1829, he married Maria, daughter of William Caldwell,
an innkeeper who occupied the Dexter house on High street
for several years. In 1830, Mr. Swain had a studio in New
Itedford, and afterwards in Nantucket. He removed to New
York City in 1835, and was elected a member of the National
Academy of Design. In 1 841, he visited the art galleries of
Europe, and for two years studied the works of the old masters
in London, Paris, Florence and Rome.

While abroad, he painted a portrait of the eminent artist and
bank-note engraver, John W. Casilear, who was then in Europe.*
At about the same time he painted a remarkably good portrait
of himself. A photographic copy of this portrait, now in the
possession of his grandson, William Swain, of Marysville,
California, is reproduced in the half-tone prhit on the opposite
page.

In 1844, Mr. Swain returned to New York City, where he
opened a studio. Soon after that date he painted a ix)rtrait of
Rev. James Milnor, D. D., rector of St. George's (Episcopal)
church, which was highly commended by artists and art critics.*

Mr. Swain died in February, 1847, after a short illness, at
the home of his father in Norfolk, Virginia.

A daughter, Cornelia Swain, married Arthur E. Oakley, an
English artist. She is still living in Allen Lane, a suburb of
Philadelphia.

Violet Oakley, daughter of Arthur IC. and Cornelia (Swain)
Oakley, has recently completed a frieze decoration in the
governor's reception room in the new state capitol at Harris-
burg, representing the development and triumph of the idea
of liberty of con.science " in the holy experiment of Pennsyl-
vania,"— a work of great merit, skilfully painted from original
designs.

' Casilear was at one time a member of the firm of Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear
&Co., successors to Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co. He afterwards turned his
attention to landscape painting, and died at Saratoga Springs in 1893.

'^ James Milnor was bom in ]*hiladelphia in 1773. ^^ ^** rector of St. George's
church, in New York City, from 1816 to the day o his death, April 8, 1844.

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Thomas Bayley Lawson, son of William and Frances
Lawson, was born in Newburyport January 13, 1807. He
was for several years clerk in a di-y-gcxxls store on State
street, where he began business on his own account in 1 829.
He married, December 17, 1838, Catherine, daughter of
Nathan Follansbee, of Newburyix)rt, and removed to Lowell
three or four years later.

Turning his attention to portrait painting, he rose rapidly
to the front rank of the profession, painting fine portraits of
Clay, Cushing, Garrison, Whittier and Webster. All of these

portraits, painted from life,
have been highly praised by art
critics, especially the portrait of
Webster, which has been copied
several times by other artists,
for political associations and
charitable institutions.

Mr. Lawson was much in-
terested in the improvement
and development of the New-
buryport Public library, and
gave to the trustees, in 1883
and 1884, portraits of Daniel
Webster and Caleb Cushing,
painted by himself. He also
painted, at about the same time, the portrait of William Lloyd
Garrison, presented to the trustees by William H. Bent, esq., of
Lowell.

Mr. Lawson died June 4, 1888, leaving one son, Walter U.
Lawson, and two daughters, Frances Ellen and Lilla Lawson.
His son, Walter, married, April 25, 1900, Elizabeth Lennon
of New York City, and now resides in Yonkers, N. Y.
1^'rances Ellen, his oldest daughter, married, first, Nicholas
Biddle Uhler of Philadelphia, Pa., and, second, Frank Bex'an
Skinner of Woodbury, N. J. Lilla Lawson, his youngest
daughter, married Frederick Grant of Boston. Mr. Grant

niOMAS H. LAWSON.

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died in 1892 ; and his widow, Lilla (Lawson) Grant, died in
1898.

A photograph of Mr. I^wson, taken when he was eighty
years of age, is now in the ix>ssession of Mrs. Frank Bcvan
Skinner. With her permission, it is reproduced in the half-
tone print on the opjx)site page.

Hiram Brtts Haskell, son of Caleb and Fanny Matilda
(Betts) Haskell, was born in Frederickton, N. B., January 17,
1823. His parents removed to Newburyport when he was
only five years old, and he subsequently attended the primary
and gmmmar schools of the town for several years. At an
early age he found employment in a grocery store, and after-
wards in a drug store in Ifeston. He took lessons in drawing
and painting, and in 1845 opened a studio in Newburyport
and devoted the remainder of his life to portrait painting.
1 le was unmarried, and occupied a|xirtments near his studio.

In addition to his artistic skill, he had considerable literary
ability, and was a frequent contributor to the Newburyport
Herald, Newburyport Daily Evening Union and other news-
papers of the day.

While painting a portrait in Byfield, Newbury, he was found
unconscious, and remained in that condition until his death,
August 22, 1873.

Alfred Thompson Briciier, son of William and Elizabeth
Dame (Muir) Bricher, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., April
io> 1837. He came with his father, mother and other mem-
bers of the family to Newburyport in 1840, and was a pupil
in the Putnam Free school from July, 1850, to July, 1851.
When only fifteen (n* sixteen years of age he was a clerk in a
bookstore in Boston, devoting all his spare time to the study
of drawing and painting at the Lowell Institute.

In 1858, he opened a studio in Newburyport, removing to
Boston in i860, and to New York City in 1868. He was
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1874, and of the National Academy of Design in 1879. His
autumn landscapes and marine views painted since the last-'
named date have attracted attention at all the prominent art
exhibitions in the United States.

He gave to the Newburyport Public library, in 1882, an oil
painting of ** Sea Gull Cliff," a rocky promontory at the
southern end of the island of Grand Manan.* This painting,
and other productions of his art, displayed in public and
private picture galleries in Boston and New York, have estab-
lished his reputation as a successful and accomplished artist.

Among the many notable works that have come from his
studio the best known, and perhaps the most highly appre-
ciated, are *' Low Tide at Grand Manan/' "The Grotto at
Orr's Island," '* Mist on the Hills at Cliff's Island," " Low
Tide, Matthew's Cove, Grand Manan," and the **Surf at
Conanicut."

Mr. Bricher has been twice marrieil, in 1868 to Susan A.
Wildes of Boston, and in 1881 to Alice L. Robinson of New
York. His residence at the present time is New Dorp,
Staten Island. His studio is at No. 2 West 14th street. New
York City.

John Appleton Brown, son of George Frederick Handel
and Asenath Lyons (Page) Brown of West Newbury, Mass.,
was born in that town July 12, 1844. He studied art in Bos-
ton, and in 1867 went to I'Vancc, where he remained .several
years, a pupil of the distinguished landscape i)ainter, Emile
Lambinet. Returning to Massachusetts, he opened a studio
in Boston, and married, June 26, 1874, Agnes A. Bartlet,
daughter of Edmund and Louisa S. Bartlet of Newburyport.

He went again to Europe for study in 1874 and 1888, but
retained his residence in Boston until 1891, when he moved
to New York, where he opened a studio. His landscape

^ See Historical Sketch of Grand Manan and Quoddy Bay, by Edward Abbott,
published in Harper's Monthly Magazine for March, 1878, illustrated by Alfred T.
Bricher, pages 541-566.

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paintings have been highly commended by art critics, and his
•' Springtime," with its blossoming apple trees reflected in a
shallow jK)nd, has been selected
for rcpnxluction in the " Mas-
ter Pieces of American Art."
lie was a member of the
National Academy of Design,
Society of American Artists,
New York Water Color club
and several other organizations,
including the Players' club and
the Century club.

He died in New York City
January 19, 1902. His widow,
Agnes (Bartlet) Brown, who has
painted many attractive pictures
of woodland scenery, domestic
animals, fruits and Mowers, has
resided in Newburyport since
the death of her husband. jc>„n Ain.FrroN brown.

William Edward Norton was born in Boston June 28,
1843. He was the son of Daniel Norton, who was born in
Newburyport February 18, 1796, and married, March 22,
1822, Mary, daughter of Levi and Mary (Putnam) Carr of
Newbury. Daniel Norton resided in Newburyport until 1837,
when he removed to Boston with his wife and six children.

His youngest son, William Edward Norton, born as above-
stated in lV>ston, dcveloi)cd a taste for drawing and painting
at an ciuly age, and after completing his education in the
public schools, attended lectures on art at the Lowell Insti-
tute, and subsequently learned the trade of a house, sign and
decorative painter.

In 1865, he began his career as a marine artist, receiving
instruction from George Inness, and two years later made a
voyage to Europe in a sailing ship to study " the effect of

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winds and clouds and changing skies," by moonlight and sun-
light, on the sea.

In 1 868, he married Sarah D. Ryan of Grand Manan, New
Brunswick, where he passed several summers sketching the
lofty hills and rocky cliffs of that picturesque island. He
went with his wife to Paris in 1877, and there continued the
study of art under the direction of Jacquesson de la Chev-
reuse and A. Vollon. Two or three years later he visited
Italy, and afterward opened a studio in London, where he
lived until 1902. Since his return to the Unitc^l States, with
his wife and two daughters, in the autumn of that year, he
has resided in New York City, where his wife died in 1904.

His i)aintings have been exhibited frequently in the Royal
Academy of London, in the Paris Salon, and many of the
public art galleries of the United Kingdom. He has been
awarded three gold medals, one at the art exhibition in Phila-
delphia in 1876, one at Chicago in 1893 and one at St. I^uis
in 1904.

Although a marine artist, Mr. Norton has painted land-
scapes and views of peasant life in Euroj^, with groups of
men and women working in the fields at sunrise or resting
from their labors at sunset.

" A Moment's Leisure," reproduced in the half-tone print
on the opposite page, is a view of the seashore in Holland,
with a Dutch peasant wailing, with his lx>ys and horses, to
launch a fishing boat on the beach. " Day Dreams and Dutch
Lovers '* represents a young couple, in quaint costume, sitting
on a bench in the sunlight. '* The Boats are Coming " is the
title of a picture with two young Dutch girls in the foreground,
one sitting on the sand dunes at the seashore, the other stand-
ing and pointing seaward. '*The Arrival of a Herring Boat
on the Dutch Coast *' represents a group of men and women
watching a boat coming on to the beach in a rough sea.
"Driftwood** is a sketch of the seasho.e with an old fish-
wife carrying home driftwood ; and " Her Last Trip ** is a
picture of man and horses pulling a condemned boat up on

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the beach in Holland. ** Tacking Ship off Shore " is a view
of the sea from the coast of Ireland, with a full- rigged ship

**A MOMKNIS I.KISI'KK, HY WII.I.IAM K. NOkToN.

"coming about " on the long tack ; her sails "aback " on the
foremast, ready to fill out as the ship obeys her helm and in
stately fashion comes around to the wind.

A picture suggested by the lines of Coleridge in "The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is reproduced in the half-tone
print on the next page. It represents a sixteenth-century
ship sailing among icebergs in a fog.

And now there came bolh misl .ind snow,
And il grew wondrous cold ;
And ice, mast high, came floating by,
As green as emerald.

** Tranquility ** is the title of a moonlight view of ships in
smooth water, with sails furled, waiting to enter the nearby
dock. This painting received honorable mention at the Paris
salon in 1895.

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Mr. Norton continues lo work at his profession, and has
receotly exhibited several interesting and attractive pictures
at his studio, No. 193 1 Broadway, New York City.

**TIIK ANllKNT MAKINKR, HY WII.I.IAM K. NORTON.

Laura Coomhs ffii.Ls, dau<4hter()f Philip Knapp and Mary
(Gcrrish) Hills, was born in Ncwbury|)ort September 7, 1859.
After completing her education in the public schools of the
city, she turned her attention to decorative work, and devoted
many months to designing Christmas cards and valentines,
and afterwards to crayon drawings and pictorial illustrations
for St. Nicholas Magazine. In order to perfect herself in her
chosen profession she attended the Cowles Art school in Bos-
ton and the Art Students' league in New York. At her
home in Newburyport, in an upper room of the house where
her parents resided, on the southwesterly corner of Washing-
ton'and Market streets, Miss Hills studied and painted until
she opened a studio in Boston, at first on Huntington avenue,

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opposite Arlington street, afterwards on Boylston street and
recently at No. 66 Chestnut street.

In December, 1892, she had the care and supervision of
the dances and decorations at Mechanics hall, Boston, when
the ** Pageant of the Year " was given, under the auspices
and for the benefit of the Women's Educational Union of
that city. Her skill in designing the costumes and working
out the details of that fairy-like spectacle was highly com-
mended by the newspapers of the day.

Turning her attention to miniature painting, Miss Hills
soon developed a remarkable talent for that line of work. In
1897, she was elected a member of the Society of American
Artists, and the next year several of her miniatures were on
exhibition at the Paris salon.

In March, 1908, fifty artistic portraits from her studio were
exhibited at the Copley gallery, on Boylston street, Boston,
and, in the month of May following, this collection, including
fanciful and ideal subjects, ** Saint Elizabeth," "The Sleep-
ing GirV "The Red Flower," "The Black Mantle," and
portraits of " Mrs. Mayer S. Bernheimer " " Miss Dorothy
Bass Whitney," "Miss Margaret Curzon Hale," ** Miss Alice
Brown," " Miss Marjorie S. Bernheimer " and others, was on
exhibition for several weeks at the Rembrandt gallery, on
Vigo street, London. An English critic, in a communication
to the London Daily Telegraph, wrote as follows concerning
these miniatures : —

What is particularly interesting and remarkable is that Miss Hills
renders with real subtlety and yet without exaggeration the racial char-
acteristics of her nation. The American beauty in youth, with her air
of keenness, of confidence, of disdain for sentimentality, is painted with
wonderful strength and delicacy.

At the close of this exhibition in London, Miss Hills, with
her sister Elizabeth, visited France, Switzerland, Italy and
other places of interest on the continent of Europe, returning

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to Boston in season to resume her work in the month of Oc-
tober following, at her studio, No. 66 Chestnut street.

During the summer months Miss Hills resides with her
sister in a picturesque cottage recently erected at Sawyer's
hill, on Storey avenue, NewburyiM>rt.

INVENTORS ANI> ENC.RAVERS.

Matthew Perkins, born in Ipswich May 29, 1725, mar-
ried Ann Greenleaf of Newbury December 22, 1748. Twelve
children, four sons and eight daughters, of Matthew and Ann
(Greenleaf) Perkins were lx)rn in Newbury at the following-
named dates : —

Benjamin, born Decembers, 1749.

John, ♦* January 30, 1751.

Nathan, '* April 9, 1752.

Ebenezer, " November 30, 1753.

Mary, " April 22, 1755 i married Nicholas Johnson.

Abigail, ** September 21, 1756.

Jane, ** April 14, 1758; married Aaron Pardee.

Ksther, " May 27, 1759.

Susannah, " September 9, 1 760.

Ruth, " July 28. .76. l,„i„,

Sarah, " July 28, 1761 \

Elizabeth, " June 2, 1762.

Afrs. Ann (Greenleaf) Perkins died August 28, 1762 ; and
her husband, Matthew Perkins, married, January 23, 1763,
Mrs. Jane, widow of Jonathan Dole. The following-named
children of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Perkins were born in
Newburyport soon after the town was incorporated : —

Jacob, bom March 2, 1 764 ; died March 2, 1 764.

Edmund, '* July 2, 1765 ; died August 17, 1765.

Jacob, " July 9, 1 766.

Abraham, »♦ May 4, 1 768.

Anna Greenleaf, " Feb. 2, 1770; died August 7, 1770.

Anna, " April 15, 1771; died August 6, 1771.

Sarah, '* June 15, 1773.

Matthew Perkins died in May, 181 5.

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Benjamin Perkins, son of Matthew and Ann (Greenleaf)
Perkins, born in Newbury December 8, 1749, was a lieutenant
in Capt. Moses Nowell's company, and marched with that
company from Newburyport to Cambridge immediately after
the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. He married. May 13,
1775, Elizabeth Clarkson of Portsmouth, N. H./ and had one
son, Joseph, born March 4, 1781, who died in infancy. He
had command of a company in Col. Moses Little's regiment
at the battle of Bunker hill, and afterwards in New York and
New Jersey. His wife died June 7, 1784,* and he married,
January 16 (25?), 1785, Mary Moody of Newburyport. He
owned and occupied a house on the corner of Fair and Mid-
dle streets for many years. September 2, 1795, he bought
of Abel Greenleaf land on the corner of Green and Pleasant
streets, and erected the two-story brick dwelling house, with
a " gambrell roof," now standing there.^ He died March 9,
1797. His will, proved on the third of April following,
provided for the payment of his just debts, and also for an
annual allowance of fifty dollars to his father, Matthew Per-
kins ; the rest and residue of his estate to be and remain the
property of his wife, Mary (Moody) Perkins.

On the twentieth of May, 1798, Mary Perkins, widow,
married Jonathan Gage. She continued to live in the house
on the corner of Pleasant and Green streets until her death,
March 20, 1830. Her husband, Jonathan Gage, died March
3, 1 84 1, aged eighty-two ; and the house, with the land under
and adjoining the same, became the property of her nephew,
Richard Stone.*

Nathaniel Hills purcha.sed the house and land in April,
1844, and sold it in the month of June following to Hannah

' New Knglaml Historical and Genealogical Register, volume L, page 466.

• See gravestone in Old Hill burying ground.

' Essex Deeds, book 161, leaf 191. The brick dwelling house on the corner o(
Milk and Federal streets, similar in shape and style of architecture, was built
about the same date by Nicholas Johnson, brother-in-law of Capt Henjamin
Perkins.

* F>RCx FVolmtc Records, lxx>k 407, leaf 396.

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K. Johnson, wife of Harrison Gray Otis Johnson. She re-
tained possession of the property until her deaths in 1875,.
when it was conveyed to her son, Harrison G. Johnson, who
owned and occupied it for twenty years.

Jacob Perkins, son of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Perkinsr
was bom in Newburyport July 9, 1766.' When only twelve
years of age he was apprenticed to a goldsmith and learned
the art of making gold beads and plating shoe buckles. Be-
fore the adoption of the Federal constitution, in 1788, he was
employed to make the dies for the copper coin issued by the
state of Massachusetts.'

November 11, 1790, he married Hannah Greenleaf, Rev.
John Murray officiating ; and two years later invented and
patented machines for cutting and lettering the edge of coin
and also for detecting counterfeit money, as stated in the
following communication published in the Essex Journal and
New Hampshire Packet July 18, 1792 : — ^

Several newspapers of the past and present week have prematurely
mentioned Mr. Perkins of this town being sent for to Philadelphia, for
the purpose of superintending the coinage there. Mr. Perkins* abilities
in that line are fully adequate to such an appointment, as the specimens^
he has exhibited in that line amply testify. Instead of the former meth-
od of performing the business, he has invented a new machine, which
cuts the metal into such circular pieces as are wanted, and gives the im-
pression at the same time — its motion is accelerated by a balance-wheeU
and more than one-third of (he time and labor thereby saved. He has
also constructed another machine, of his own invention, for milling or
lettering the edge, by which a boy can mill sixty each minute. Were it
found necessary, he could apply steam to perform all the most laborious .
part of the business. But what is of more importance, and will be found

' Matthew Perkins, born in Ipswich May 29, 1725, married Ann Greenleaf
December 22, 1748. She died August 28, 1762. Mr. Perkins married, January
23, 1763, Jane, widow of Jonathan lX>le, as stated on page 360.

' I1ie old-fashioned copper cent, with an Indian on one side and an eagle on
the other, was made from dies cut by Mr. Perkins.

' Newspaper on file in the library of the American Antiquarian Society, Worces-
ter, Mass.

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to be of more public utility than all the foregoing, is, a check, which he
has invented, for discovering counterfeits — this is so contrived, as that
one-eighth of a minute is sufficient to determine, without the possibility
of a mistake, whether a piece of money is genuine or not, and any town
or merchant can be supplied at a small expense with said checks, and
then rest assured that an imposition will be absolutely impossible. ....

I" I795» Mr. Perkins invented a machine for cutting and
heading nails at one operation, and leased a small shop or
factory in Byfield, Newbury, where he commenced the manu-
facture of brads and nails, removing early in the spring of
1796 to a more convenient location in Amesbury, Mass.' In
1799, a new mcthml of detecting counterfeit bank notes was^
announced, in the newspapers of the day, as follows : —

Jacob Perkins,

Having invented an effectual check for detecting counterfeit Bank
Paper, which has received the sanction of several Banks, Jind the appro-
bation of the imdcrsi^ncd eminent artists in IMiiladelphia, and having
obtained a patent securing to him, and to his assigns, the exclusive right
of the invention, hereby offers to his fellow-citizens the privilege of using
it upon terms to be agreed on between him and any person disposed to
avail themselves of a guard against counterfeits.

The undersigned having examined Jacob Perkins* new invented meth-
od to detect counterfeit Bank Paper, do approve of the plan ; it being
impossible to engrave or sink two plates perfectly alike, without the
original die or hub, the counterfeiter would find it impossible to make
an impression which would perfectly gage with the check from the orig-
inal die.

Robert Scot, Engraver & Die Sinker.

James Smither, Engraver.

James Akin, Engraver.*

This invention for preventing the counterfeiting of bank
bills consisted of a simple device for printing on the face of
the bill in fine tyi^e, many times repeated, the amount for
which it was issued, and on the back of the bill letters and

* History of Newbury (Currier), page 298.

• Newburyport Herald and Country (iar.ette, May 14, 1 799.

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figures grotesquely arranged, as shown in the half-tone prints
on pages 364 and 366, reproduced from an unfinished and
unsigned bank bill now in the possession of the American
Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

In 1804, Mr. Perkins discovered a process by which steel
plates could be hardened without injury to the engraved sur-
face. A large number of these plates was made and sold
to banking associations in New England, as stated in the
following advertisement : —

Stekeotyve Plates for Uanks.

Tlic Palcntcc of llic Slcrcolypc Pl.ilcs for the iinprcKstion of Bank
Bills informs the Public that he has constantly on hand ready made
plates (the name of the Bank and Town excepted), and will be happy to
supply Banks on the shortest notice. His terms are reasonable and
uniform, the plates well executed, and he has the authority of many
eminent artists, as well as the sanction of experience, to say that bills
impressed from these plates cannot be counterfeited. No attempts of
the kind have ever yet been made, tho' it has been adopted and is now
used by sixteen Banks in New England.

Encouraged by the success of his principle, and the increasing de-
mand for his plates, he has at a great expense improved his former
invention by adding beauty to security. He has formed a steel plate of
sixty-four dies, impressed by the same dies now used for copperplates,
neatly fitted and keyed together in a strong iron frame. The name of
the Bank and Town and the denomination of the Bill are removed and
substituted at pleasure. The standing part of the plates are elegantly
engraved by Mr. James Akin. When completed there will be from six
to seven hundred days work in the plate, and being well hardened, it
will, without injury, print more paper than will be used in the United
States. It is now nearly finished, and any orders addressed to him at
Newburyport will be punctually honored.

Jacob Perkins."

In a small pamphlet of eight pages, published in January,
1 806, now in the Boston Public library, Mr. Perkins described
his invention as a case-hardened steel plate, with steel dies,
one inch thick, keyed together in a strong iron frame and

' Newburyport Herald, March 8, 1 805.

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firmly screwed to a metal plate one inch in thickness. The
plate is made in separate parts in order that it may serve to
print bills of any denomination.'

In 1 808, these plates were used in a scries of copy books,
published for the use of school children, with a title as fol-
lows : —

Perkins & Fairman's Running Hand, Stereographic copies. Paten
Steel Plates.>

In 1810, Mr. l*crkins invented a furnace for heating houses
and large buildings with hot air. When the Massachusetts
Medical college was built on Mason street, in Boston, it was
supplied with a furnace described as follows : —

The whole building is warmed by a single stove situated in the cellar
calculated by the inventor [Jacob Perkins] for burning Rhode Island
coal. Owing to the smallness of its draught, it bums this coal in great
perfection, keeping up a permanent and intense heat. The stove is sur-
rounded by a brick chamber from which a brick flue is carried up to the
second story, communicating by large pipes or apertures with all the
principal rooms in the house. The air is admitted from the outside of
the building, through a brick passageway down to the stove ; a portion
of it goes to maintain the combustion ; the rest being rarified by the
heat of the stove, aKceiuls rapidly through the flue, and may be delivered
at pleasure into any or all the apartments by opening the pipes or com-
munications. The strong current of heated air thus obtained is suffi-
cient to warm the largest rooms in a very short space of time.3

The firm of Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., engravers,
was established in Philadelphia, by George 'Murray, John

' 'I1ie title-page of this |)aniphlet reads as follows: —

The 11 remmnent .Stereotype Steel Plate II with || Observations on its Impor-
tance II and II an Explanation || of its || Construction and Usen || C. Stebbins,
printer || 1806 11

' Gideon Kairman, who was associated with Jacob Perkins in the publication of
these copy books, was an engraver in Newbiiryport at that date. In 1810, he re-
moved to Philadelphia, and the next year was a member of the firm of Murray,
Draper, Fairman & Co.

* History of Boston, by Charles Shaw, published in 181 7, pages 219 and 220.

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Draper, and Gideon Fairman, previous to the declaration of
war with Great Britain, in 1812. Charles Toppan of New-
buryport was employed, in 18 14, to assist the firm in engrav-
ing copper plates to be used in printing bank bills, and in 18 16
Mr. Perkins was induced to remove to that city/

Accompanied by Gideon Fairman of Philadelphia and
Charles Toppan of Newbury port, Mr. Perkins went to Lon-
don in 1 8 19 to introduce his stereotype plates, but was
unable to induce the directors of the Bank of England to pay
the sum asked for printing bills by his method.

Although somewhat discouraged, he decided to remain in
London and establish himself in business there. The next
year, in company with Charles Heath and Gideon Fairman,
he engraved and sold a large number of steel book-plates, and
subsequently supplied the Bank of Ireland with stereotype
plates on which its bank notes were printed.

In 1822, "Jacob Perkins' Patent Hardened Steel Plates"
were generally used for the illustration of books and the re-
pnxluction of ]>icturcs and |M)rtraits. During the next two
or three years his brother, Abraham Perkins, printed from
these patent plates, in Newburyport, bills for most of the
banks in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.' May
20, 1825, the editor of the Daily Herald, referring to this
fact, reminded its readers, somewhat facetiously, that notwith-
standing the cry of hard times, " there is more money made
in Newburyport than in any other town in the Corhmon-
wealth."

In addition to the inventions described above, Jacob Per-
kins devoted considerable time to the construction of a steam
gun which he exhibited before a board of commissioners, con-

1 After Uie death of George Murray, Mr. Toppan became a member of the firm,
and the name was chan);e<l to l)ra|)er, Toppan, Ixingacre & Co.; afterwartb to
'loppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. In 1858, the last-named firm combined with
others to form the American Bank Note Company.

s Newburyport Herald, May 28, 1822. The brick building in which moit of
these bills were printed is still standing in the rear of the dwelling bouse No. 18 Fruit
street, formerly owned by Jacob Perkins and afternards by his brother Abraham.

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sisting of the Duke of Wellington and other military and
scientific gentlemen of England. He also made some impor-
tant discoveries which ultimately led to a more economical use
of coal in generating steam.*

Postage stamps were first issued in England in May, 1 840.
Sir Rowland Hill, postmaster-general at that date, describing
the engraving and printing of these stamps, states that the
work was done substantially as follows : —

The Queen's head was first engraved by hand on a single matrix ; the
effi|(y being encompassed with lines too (ine for any hand, or even any
but the most delicate machinery to engrave. The matrix being subse-
quently hardened was employed to produce impressions on a soft steel
roller of sufficient circumference to receive twelve; and this being hard-
ened, in turn, was used under very heavy pressure to produce and repeat
its counterpart, on a steel plate, to such an extent that this, when used in
printing, produced at each impression two hundred and forty stands;
all this being of course done, as machinists will at once perceive, accord-
ing to the process invented by the late Mr. Perkins."

The half-tone print on the preceding i^igc is repnKlticcd
from a lithograph owned by C. W. Ernst, esq., of lk)ston.
This hthograph was drawn by Richard J. I^ne, from a portrait
painted previous to 1825, by Chester Harding. Duphcate
copies of the lithograph are in the possession of Mr. Lawrence
B. Gushing and Hon. Moses l^rown of Ncwbtnyix)rt.

Jacob Perkins died Jidy 30, 1849, at the residence of his
son, in Regents square, I^ndon.^

Abraham Perkins, son of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Per-
kins, born in Newburyport May 4, 1768, married Elizabeth
Knapp December 14, 1794, Rev. Thomas Gary officiating.

Abraham and Elizabeth (Knapp) Perkins had seven sons,
Anthony, Benjamin, Gharlcs, Abraham, Nathaniel, Jacob and

1 Newburyport Flerald, September 5, 1823

* Life of Sir Rowland Hill, by his nephew, Cleorge R. Hill, volume I, page 406.

* Newburyport Herald, September 21, 1849.

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Thaddeus, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Jane and
Hannah, all born in Newburyport. The first-named daughter,
Elizabeth, born May 22, 1805, married Rev. Randolph
Campbell; the second, Mary Jane, born September 5,
1 8 10, married Moses Brown ; and the third, Hannah,
born April 19, 181 3, died on the thirteenth of September
following.

Abraham Perkins was a brother of Jacob Perkins, the in-
ventor, and was interested with him in printing bank bills
from iKilcnt steel plates. The business was established as
early as 1808. In July of that year, Jacob Perkins gave a
mortgage deed of his house and land on the northwesterly
side of Fruit street to Charlotte Hamilton of Exeter, N. H.,
who conveyed the property to William B. Swett of Boston
September 21, 1815.' The brick building in which bank
bills were printed was probably erected soon after that date.
Abraham Perkins purchased the property September 11,
1832.* His wife died February 12, 183 1. He died April 2,
1839. Isaac Ames of Haverhill, administrator of the estate
of Abraham Perkins, sold the land on the northwesterly side
of Fruit street, Newburyport, with the buildings thereon, to
Daniel Silloway, who subsequently conveyed the property to
Daniel S. Poor.^

James Akin, born in South Carolina, was for several years
clerk in the state department at Philadelphia, under Timothy
Pickering. He afterward went to England, where he learned
the art of engraving, and probably came to Newburyport in
1804, at the solicitation of Jacob Perkins, who was then at
work perfecting his patent steel plates for printing bank bills.
The following advertisement was published in the Newbury-
port Herald April 27, 1804 : —

1 Essex Deeds, book 184, leaf 77.
' Essex Deeds, book 266, leaf 99.
' Essex Deeds, book 450, leaf 245, and book 450, leaf 240.

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Engraving in General.

The public is respectfully informed that the above business will be
carried on very extensively by

James Akin, Newburyport,
who, havinir completed his professional studies in Ix)ndon under an
eminent master, and since that lime resided and followed his profession
in Philadelphia (from which place the yellow fever has exiled him), flat-
ters himself to be able to afford much satisfaction to those who may
favor him with their commands.

|r^ Specimens may be seen in his possession which will testify his
abilities, and more particularly in Bank Work, having executed the
business for several Banks in the Southern states ; he therefore solicits
the attention of the Banks in New England, as there appears at present
to exist a want for the security of bills.

In the month of May following, Akin engraved a medal
presented by the Merrimack Humane Society to Captain Gage
" for his efforts in saving the lives of two himdred persons
when the ship Sarah was wrecked." He also engraved the
frontispiece for a poem, in two parts, published by Joseph
Story, in Salem in 1804, entitled "The Power of Solitude."

In 1805, he had rooms over the bookstore of Thomas &
Whipple, in Market square,' where he engraved some maps
and charts for Edmund M. Blunt, publisher of the American
Coast Pilot. A dispute over some details of the work result-
ed in a serious quarrel, and Blunt, seizing a heavy iron skillet,
threw it at Akin. In revenge for this display of passion.
Akin published a caricature called ** Infuriated Despondency,"
representing Blunt in the act of throwing the skillet." This
engraving he sent to England, with instructions to have it
reproduced by the manufacturers of crockery ware on pitch-
ers, wash bowls and chamber vessels. A large number of
these household utensils were imported and sold in Newbury-
port, but most of them were purchased by the friends of

• Newburyport Herald, Jaauary 8, 1805.

* The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced from an engraving now
in the ponetsion of Edward H. Little, Toppan street, Newburyport.

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Dliint and broken up. Only a few specimens have been pre-
served by collectors of old crockery ware.

He also reproduced this engraving on writing-book covers,
as stated in the following advertisement : —

Book Covers just published and for sale by James Akin, by the single
sheet or hundred, three numbers of Plate I entitled No. i Turkeys, No.
2 Sailor^s Glee, No. 3 Infuriated Despondency, — calculated for Writing
Book covers for children, and adapted with singular taste to amuse their
juvenile fancy.*

In Jidy, 1805, Mr. Blunt entered a suit for libel against
Akin, which was decided, after a long and bitter contest, in
favor of the defendant, who subsequently published the fol-
lowing notice in the Newburyix)rt Herald : —

«* Secret Historv " a i.a mode " St. Cloud."

As public curiosity has been greatly excited relative to the very pecu-
liar situation in which I have been placed by a controversy of three
years standing, and as rumor has caused much speculation in enquiries
respecting my character, which from various causes has alternately be-
come the theme of conversation at the fire-side, in the stage, and upon
the ocean, perhaps with few or none of the connecting circumstances to
give truth its proper coloring, — I am actuated from a sense of duty
which I owe to the reputation of my family and to my honor, to lay be-
fore the public, with a rigid adherence to truth, minute details of the
abuse of power that has been practiced towards mc by imprisonment
and unconstitutional demands for excessive bail, the effect of a shame-
ful collusion oppressively intended and wickedly exercised for pretended
offences presumed to have been committed by me against the peace and
dignity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after all which the
Grand Jury was discharged without finding a bill of indictment against
me.

** Vivat republica," " Vivent Le Laberte et L'Egalete."

As soon as I can conveniently remove to Philadelphia, it will be put
to press, and shall contain the full value of One Dollar, at which price
subscribers are solicited.

* Ncwburyport Herald, June 25, 1805.

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Many plates from entire new and original designs made expressly for
the occasion shall accompany the work ; and the politician, the moralist
and the critic shall find a record of events as strange as they are true.

Jamrs Akin.
Author of the «« Prairie Dog,"

" Infuriated Despondency,"

*' Bug a boo," &c &c.«

In 1805, he engraved a full-length portrait of Lord Timo-
thy Dexter, which was published January 31, 1806, as stated
in the following advertisement : —

Strange, Wonderful and Philosophic.

The most noble

Lord Timothy Dexter

First in the East.

This day published and for sale at the Bookstore of Thomas and

Whipple, sign of Johnson's Head, Market Square, a full length portrait

-of this Eccentric Character with his Dog, engraved from Life, by James

Akin.>

In addition to his work as an engraver, Akin painted in
water colors, in 1807, the portrait of Thomas Leavitt of
Hampton Falls, N. H., and the portrait of his wife Hannah
■(Melcher) Leavitt.^

The frontispiece of the '* Newburyport Collection of Sa-
cred, European Musick,'* published in 1807, was engraved by
Akin.-* He also furnished designs for book-plates. In a
letter, dated Newburyport, January 19, 1807, now in the
possession of the Essex Institute, he enclosed the sketch of
a bcK)k-platc intended for Ich.il)od Tucker of Salem, Ma.ss.
Three book-plates, exhibited at the Art museum in Boston in
1906, were credited to Akin, and described as follows : —

' Newhuryport Herald, November 14, 1806.

* Newburyport Herald, January 31, 1806.

* Thomas Leavitt and his artist friend, James Akin, by Frank B. Sanborn, in
Oranite Monthly, October, 1898.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 48 1.

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Several books lying on a table. On the cover of one standing upright
is the name of Peter A. Browne.*

The arms and crest of Hector Coffin, bearing his name, with the
motto, Exstant recte foetus praemia.*

A pile of books, with inkstand and quill, and the name of Joseph S.
Lewis on the topmost volume.3

In 1807, the following advertisement appeared in the New-
buryport Herald : —

To the Inhabitants of Newburyport :

The public are respectfully informed of my intention of removing to
Philadelphia by the way of New York, where, if uninterrupted health
prevails, shall l)e //v/rtv/and fn'i/cn with acid for their amusement some
Phantasmagorial subjects. 'I'hose who benevolently encouraged my
Little labors to prevent the blunt wearing of my points in Lci^al execu-
tions will please accept my sincere thanks.

I flatter myself that no distance will ever lessen the gratitude I feel
and those endeavors to please which I have manifestly displayed on all
occasions where 1 have been employed.

B^jT* Claimants are requested to present their accounts for .settlement,
and should there be delays my friend, Mr. Jacob Perkins, will receive
applications in my absence.

James Akin.4

In 1808, Akin returned to Philadelphia and notified the
inhabitants of that city that he resided ** just above the upper
Ferry, over the Schuylkill, where he means to pursue his
business.*'

While England and France were at war, in 1 809, he de-
signed and published an engraving called " Jefferson milking
the cow/* representing Napoleon holding the horns of the
restive animal and John Bull the tail, while Jefferson, taking
advantage of the situation, is filling American pails and buck-
ets with good, rich milk.

* American liook Plates (1894), page 118.
^ American liook Plates (1894), page 186.
' American Book Plates (1894), page 236.
^ Newburyport Herald, Octolier 30, 1807.

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The fourth vohime of the works of Benjamin Franklin,
published in Philadelphia in 1809, by William Duane, has a
portrait of the distinguished author engraved by Akin ; and
the history of the Heathen Gods, published in Worcester,
Mass., by Isaiah Thomas, illustrated by several artists, has
six engravings by Akin, as follows : ** Diana m hunting
habit with a bow in her hand " ; " Saturn, holding a scythe in
one hand and a serpent in the other " ; " Pan, god of the
woods " ; " Cybele, seated in a chariot " ; '* Momus, wearing
his mask " ; and " Satyr, a sylvan dcmi-god, in human shape,
with the legs, feet and tail of a goat."

In 181 1, a picture of Venus and Cupid, "taken from living
models *' painted by Jeremiah Paul, was exhibited " at the
office of James Akin, engraver. No. 22 Mulberry, now Arch,
street, Philadelphia/' At a later date Akin published an
engraving of two large, well-fed dogs, representing England
and the United States, quarrelling over a bone marked
" Oregon." During the last years of his life he had an
apothecary store, where he sold drugs and medicines. He
died in Philadelphia July 16, 1846, aged seventy-three.

William Hooker was an engraver in Philadelphia in 1805,
and probably came to Newburyport soon after that date. He
engraved for Prince Stetson & Co., in 1807, an advertising
card or broadside, surmounted by a quaint and picturesque
view of Wolfe tavern, as shown in the print on the next
page.' This print is reproduced from a copper plate engrav-
ing now in the possession of the Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass.

Gideon Fairman was born June 26, 1774, in Fairfield
county, Connecticut. He came to Newburyport and was
associated with William Hooker in the publication of writing

» The stalcment on page 503 of "Child Newbury:" Biographical and Histori-
cal Sketches, that James Akin engraved this view of Wolfe tavern,** is probably
incorrect.

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books for school children. In May, 1808, the firm of Hooker
& Fairman filed, with the clerk of the district of Massachu-
setts, the title of a book described as follows : —

Large and round small text, round and running hand, Biographical
copies with the component parts of the letters, an alphabet of Capitals^
arranged according to their similarity, &c &c.

Now engraving and will be published in a few days, as above, a new
set of German Text Copies.*

Nearly a month later Hooker and Fairman were engraving
*' a new and improved chart of the Gulf and River of St.
Lawrence'* for Edmund M. Blunt, publisher of the Ameri-
can Coast Pilot.5 Gideon Fairman removed to Philadelphia
in 1810, and was afterwards junior member of the fiim of
Draper, Murray & Fairman, engravers. He died in that city
in 1827.

William Hooker probably remained in Newburyport until
1815 or later. He engraved a map of the eastern end of the
Isle of Sable, a chart of Long Island Sound, and probably
other maps and charts for the sixth edition of the American
Coast Pilot, published by Edmund M. Blunt in 1809; also,
several plates used to illustrate a poem, translated by John
Hoole from the Italian of Torqueto Tasso, published in two
volumes by Edward Little & Co. in 1816.

Soon after the last-named date Hooker removed to New
York City, where he was associated with Edmund M. Blunt
in publishing charts and manufacturing nautical instruments.
He engraved many of the maps and charts for the tenth
edition of the American Coast Pilot, published in 1822. The
sixteenth edition of the New American Practical Navigator^
published in New York in 1846, has several engravings by
Hooker. He probably died in that city while the book was
being prepared for the press.

' Newburyport lleral<l, May 17, 1808.
• Newburyport Herald, June lo, 1808.

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PHILANTHROPISTS AND BRNEFACTORS.

The charitable funds, educational institutions, public parks
and highways of Newburyport have been established or main-
tained and improved by the donations and bequests of many
public-spirited citizens. Brief biographical sketches of the
men and women who have assisted in this philanthropic work
will be found in the following pages.

CONTRIBUTORS TO FUNDS IN AID OF THE POOR.

Timothy Dexter, son of Nathan and Esther (Brintnall)
Dexter, was born in Maiden, Mass., January 22, 1747-8. He
came to Newburyport in 1769, probably, and married. May
22, 1770, Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Frothingham. He
was fond of notoriety, and invented fabulous stories for the
purpose of magnifying his wealth and imposing upon the
credulity of his fellow-townsmen, as will more fully appear in
the twenty-seventh chapter of this volume. He died October
22, 1806, leaving, by his will, the sum of two thousand dol-
lars for the benefit of the poor of the town of Newburyport.
This was probably the first bequest made by any person for
any purpose to the inhabitants of Newburyport.

Margaret (Ford) Atwood, daughter of Andrew and
Sarah Ford, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May
II, 1754. She married, June 30, 1793, Zachariah Atwood.
He died July 19, 1796, leaving two sons, only one, however,
living to the age of manhood.

Margaret (Ford) Atwood died June 15, 1832. Her will,
dated August 2, 1830, and proved August 7, 1832, pro-
vided for the payment of her just debts and funeral

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expenses, and gave to her son, Zachariah, during his
life, the use and improvement of her three-story brick
dwelling house on the corner of Lime street and Ann,
now Atwood street, Newburyport. The rest and residue of
her estate, after the payment of certain legacies, was placed
in trust, the income to be paid to the treasurer of the select-
men of Newburyport for the benefit of the poor. It was
also provided that all legacies terminated by law or by the
death of the legatees, unless otherwise provided for, should
be transferred to and become a part of the rest and residue,"
Moses Merrill, treasurer of the town of Newburyport, re-
ceived from the estate of Margaret (Ford) Atwood the sum
of ten thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars, for
which he gave a note, dated June 15, 1837, and on the twelfth
of December following he received, from the same estate,
accrued interest on the above-named sum, amounting to
eleven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-seven
cents.*

Lucy Maria Follansbee, daughter of Capt. Thomas M.
and Hannah Follansbee, was born in Newburyport November
14, 1815. Her father was for many years a member of the
Newburyiwrt Marine Society. He died January 9, 1821,
leaving a widow and three daughters, Mary, Caroline and
Lucy.

Mary married Robert Brookhouse of Salem, Mass., in 1 840,
and ten or fifteen years later Caroline and Lucy Maria Fol-
lansbee removed to that city, where they established a home
for themselves.

Lucy Maria Follansbee, the survivor of her immediate
family, died, unmarried, in Salem, in November, 1873, leaving
to the city of Newburyport the sum of three thousand dol-
lars, the annual income thereof to be expended by the mayor
and aldermen in the purchase of fuel to be distributed among

' E^<«ex ProlMite Records, lxx>k 408, leaf 389.

• Essex Prolwite Records, hook loi, leaves 133 and 325.

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the worthy poor of the city. She also gave the sum of five
thousand dollars to the Society for the Relief of Aged Fe-
males, and two thousand dollars to the Newburyport Marine
Society.*

Rev. William Horton, D. D., son of James and Nancy
(Ikissctt) llorton, was lx>rn in Newburyport March 14, 1805.
He g^duated at Harvard college in 1 824, and six years later
was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal
church. September i, 1830, he married Mary Evadne,
daughter of Hon. Ralph Hill French of Marblehead, Mass.
For several years he was rector of St. Paul's church, Wind-
sor, Vt., Trinity church, Saco, Me., St. Thomas' church,
Dover, N. H., and St. Paul's church, Brookline, Mass. From
September i, 1853, until his death, October 29, 1863, he was
rector of St. Paul's church, Newburyport. In his will he
provided for the payment of one-quarter part of his estate,
after the death of his wife and mother, to the city of New-
buryport, for the purchase of land and the erection of a com-
modious almshouse.*

Richard W. Drown, son of Thomas and Comfort (Wig-
gin) Drown, was boni in South Newmarket, now a part of the
town of Newfield, N. H., October 30, 1795. He came to
Newburyport when only fifteen or sixteen years of age,
learned the trade of a clock and watch maker, and married,
October 30, 1823, Miss Phebe lk)ardman.

He had a shop on the northeasterly side of Merrimack
street, opposite the foot of Green street, that he owned and
occupied for many years.

In 1842, he bought of Moses Merrill and Stephen W.
Marston, trustees under the will of John Greenleaf, land on
which he built the two-story frame dwelling house still stand-
ing on the southeasterly corner of High and Court streets.'

* Estex Probate Records, December 9, 1873.

s History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 245-247.

* Essex Deeds, book 331, leaf 180.

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Mr. Drown died August 15, 18K8. His will, dated June
II, 1888, and proved on the tenth of September following,
provided for the payment of several bequests, including the
sums of two thousand dollars to the Howard Benevolent soci-
ety and two thousand dollars to the Ladies' General Charita-
ble society. He gave the use and improvement of the house
and land on the comer of High and Court streets to his son
Thomas S. Drown during his natural life, and after his decease
to the North Congregational church and society, " to be used
only for a parsonage for said church forever ; ** and further
provided •* that no part of the land belonging to this piece of
Real Estate be ever sold by said church, but be forever re-
tained by them."

All the residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, wherever it
may be found, and of whatsoever it may consist, I order and direct that it
be placed in a trust fund and invested in one or more New England city
bonds or notes, or bonds of the United States, and the income from
said fund to be paid to poor and indigent men bom in this country and
residents of Newburyport, Mass., and fifty years of age and upwards,
at the discretion of my Trustee hereafter named, and his successors in
office forever. 1 order and direct the Trustee of this fund to render a
yearly account to the Judge of Probate of Essex County of the condi-
tion of the fund and a detailed account of the expenditure of the in-
come. In the event of the death of the Trustee, or his resignation of
the care of this trust, I refer the appointment of a successor, or succes-
sors, with all the authority given to my Trustee herein named, to the
Judge of Probate having jurisdiction over this will.'

Albert W. Greenleaf was appointed trustee in September,
1888. He died January 3, 1899, and on the twenty-eighth
of March following William F. Houston, the present trustee,
was appointed.

The income of the fund, amoimting to about seven hun-
dred dollars annually, is distributed among a large number
of aged and worthy men, to whom it is of great assistance.

' Essex Probate Recortls, book 457, page 530.

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CONTRIBUTORS TO SCHOOL FUNDS.

Moses Atkinson, son of Ichabod and Priscilla (Bailey)
Atkinson, was 1x)rn in Newbury September 22, 1734. He
married, May 19, 1757, Mary Merrill of Rowley, Mass. She
died August 16, 1780. l^^or his second wife, he married, in
1781, Sarah Hale of Hampstead, N. H. He died previous to
July 5, 1 8 14, and by his will gave to the school district in
which he had resided, in Newbury, a certain portion of his
real and personal estate, **for the support of a school for
re;iding, writing, arithmetic, and lilnglish granunar.*' When a
part of the town of Newbury was annexed to Newburyport, in
185 1, the property of "School District Number Two'' was
conveyed to the inhabitants of the city of Newburyport, to be
kept and used for the purpose named in the will of the testator.*

Moses Brown, son of Joseph and Abigail (Pearson) Brown,
was born October 2, 1742, in that i^art of Newbury now
within the limits of the town of West Newbury. He was for
many years a prominent and influential merchant of Newbury-
port, where he died February 9, 1827. By his will, he gave
the sum of six thousand dollars for the use and support of a
grammar school in Newburyport, and by a codicil provided
that this fund should accumulate until the principal and inter-
est amounted to fifteen thousand dollars, when the income
should annually be appropriated and applied to the support of
said school*

Oliver Putnam, son of Oliver and Sarah (Lake) Putnam,
was bom in Newbury November 17, 1777. He attended
scluK)l until fourteen or fifteen years of age, when he was
employed as a clerk in the office of Karris & Stocker, mer-
chants and importers, in Newburyport. He retained that po-
sition for several years, and afterwards made several prosper-
ous voyages as supercargo to the continent of Europe and
ports in South America. Having- acquired a small fortune,

' History of Newbury (Currier), pages 409 and 410.

• ** Ould Newbury ** : Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 632-637

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he decided, on account of ill health, to retire from business,
and removed, in 1802, to Hampstead, N. 11., where he pur-
chased a small farm, and lived with his parents, his brother
Thorndike and other members of his family, until his death,
July II, 1826.'

During the last years of his
life he devoted murh time to the
study of political and economic
questions, and some of his essays
rclatin*; to the protection of
domestic industries were col-
lected and published, in 1834, in
a small volume entitled ** Tracts
on Sundry Topics of Political
Economy." His library, although
small, was well arranged and care-
fully classified. He evidently had
two book-plates, engraved at dif-
Icrent dates, as shown in the half-

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tone prints on this page.
After his death, a certain
portion of his estate was
allowed to accumulate until
it reached the sum of fifty
thousand dollars, when it
was paid by the executor
of his will to a board of
trustees, incoiporated April
9, 1838, for the purix)se of X^^^'^.
establishing and maintain-
ing " a free English school

lUMJK-II.AIK.

' Oliver I'ulmuii, sr., stiUI liis dwelling house* in Ncwhiiiy in 1797, and removed
to Haverhill, Mass. October i, 1799, he sold at auction **a building formerly
occupied as a Blacksmith's Shop near the ha)'scales, corner of High and Marlbo-
rough streets, Newbury," also a pew and one-half of a |)ew in the Kev. Mr. Moore's
meeting-house (Advertisement in the Newbury|X)rt Herald and Country Ciazette).
His wife died in Hami)stead, N. I^I., in 1811, and he die<l there in i8|8.

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in Newburyport for the instruction of youth wherever they
may belong."

On the fifteenth of March, 1844, land on the northwesterly
corner of Green and High streets was purchased, and G. J.
F. Bryant, architect, of Boston, was employed to draw the
plans for a large and commodious school-house, which was
erected there two or three years later.

January 31, 1845, Roger S. Howard was appointed princi-
pal of the school, but he resigned before the school-house was
completed, and William II. Wells of Andover, Mass., was
appointed. May 24, 1847, ^^ fill the vacancy.

In order to determine whether the testator by his will intend-
ed to establish a school for the instruction of girls as well as
boys application was made to the supreme court of the com-
monwealth for an interpretation of the will. The court decided
that the language used by the testator was broad enough
to justify the trustees in establishing a school for both sexes.

On the sixth and seventh of April, 1848, pupils were ex-
amined for achnission to the school. Only about one-half of
those who applied were admitted. Dedicatory exercises were
held in the school building April 12, 1848, at half-past two
o'clock in the afternoon.* The principal, William H. Wells,
gave an interesting and appropriate address, which was fol-
lowed by brief remarks from His Excellency George N.
liriggs, governor of the commonwealth.

The engraving on the next page, reproduced from an old
wood cut, gives a view of the school building as it was in 1848.

From April, 1848, to July, 1868, the following-named per-
sons were instructors in the Putnam Free school : —

William H. Wells, principal, from April, 1848,10 July, 1854.

William M. IJaker, «' «* Aug., 1854, to Aug., 1857.

N. W. Melcalf, «« " Aug., 1857, to Aug., 1859.

Hylas T. Wheeler, " " Aug., 1859, ^o April, 1866.

James P. French, «* « Aug, 1866, to 0\,^ 1866.

George N. Bigelow, " " Oct., 1866, to Aug., 1868.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 326-328.

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Luther Dame, assistant,

George C. Lincoln, "

Jeremiah L. Newton, *♦

David W. Iloyt, "

Ira M. Moore, **

David W. Hoyt, "

John A. Douglass, **

Joseph Boardman, "
Mary Ann Shaw, preceptress,

Marcia D. Kimball, "

Mrs. L. J. H. Russell, "

Anna I). Kccd, "

Arexinc Ct. Tarsons, •*

Louisa V. Slonc, "

Jane Andrews, **

Susan N. Brown, "

Margaret Clarkson, "
Caroline C. Andrews, assistant,

Susan Simpson, **

Margaret Clarkson, '*

Mar)- Q. Brown,* "

Mary Little Moody, "

Nancy J. Bigelow, "

from April, 1848, to April, 1850.
»* May, 1850, to July, 1850.
" Aug., 1850, to Nov., 1851.
" Dec, i.S5i,to March, 1R53.
" April, i«53, to Nov., 1853.
" Nov., 1853, to July, 1854.
" Aug., 1854, to March, 1856.
" April, 1856, to Nov., 1857,'
" April, 1848, to July, 1851.
" Aug., 1851, to Nov., 1 85 1.
" Dec, 1851, to March, 1853.
" May, i.S53,to July, 1S53.
" August, r853, to July, 1854.
" Aug., 1854, to March, 1S55.
" April, 1855, to July, 1855.
" Sept., 1855, to April, 1866.
" Sept., 1866, to Sept., 1868.
" Sept., 1851, to July, 1852.
" Sept., 1S52, to July, 1S53, and
April, 1855, to July, 1855.
" May, 1859, to Sept., 1866.
«* Nov., 1862, to Nov., 1863,
" April, 1866, to Nov., 1866.
" Nov., 1866, to July, 1868.

After a long controversy, the city council of the city of
Ncwburyix)rt anil the trustees of the Putnam Free school
agreed, in 1868, upon a plan uniting the Brown high, the
Female high and the Putnam P^rce .sch(H)ls.' Since that
date the pupils in the Putnam Free Sch<K)l department have
had the following-named instructors : —

> In addition to the assistant teachers nanie<l alx)ve, William II. Merrill was an
instructor in the school for a few months in 1854, Kdwarcl D. Pritchard in 1855 and
1862, John W. IXxlgc in 1857, Austin Dotlgc in 1865 and Charles R.Cross in 1866.

' Assistant teacher <lurin^ the illness of her sislttr, SusiUi N. Hrown, preceptrcsj*.

' I'br the details of this controversy see the mayor's message to the city council,
June I, 1868; also, editorial comments published in the Newlniry|X)rt Herald
August eleventh and twelfth, and a communication from Nathaniel Pierce, mayor,
August 18, 1868. Owing to this long controversy, plans for enlarging the Putnam
Free School building were delayed somewhat, but during the fall and winter the
alterations and additions were made, as shown in the half-tone ]>rint on the next
page.

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Sylvester Bumham, principal, from Aug., 1 868, to Aug., 1 869.

Amos H. Thompson, " " Sept., 1869, to Oct., 1881.

Laroy F. Griffin, «« " Dec, 1881, to Jan., 1882.

George K. Gay, " " Jan., 1882, lo Nov., 1883.

Charles D. Seclye, " " Oec.,i 883, to Sept., 1885.

Enoch C. Adams, '« " Oct., 1885, to July, 1896.

George A. Dickey, " *• Aug., 1896, to Aug., 1899.

Walter E. Andrews, " " Oct., 1899, to the present time.

Margaret Clarkson, preceptress," Sept., 1868, to Aug, 1889.

Sarah W. Pike, assistant " Aug., 1868, to Aug., 1891.

Elizabeth G. Bigelow, ** " Sept., 1883, to Sept., 1885.

Mary KouKstone Bond, " " Sept., 1889, to April, 1898.

Harriet C. Piper,* " " Nov., 1891, to June, 1904.

Bertha May Stile.s,* " " Nov., 1891, to July, 1892.

Isabella H. Howe, " »* May, 1898, to August, 1899.

Clio M. Chilcott, » " Sept., 1899, to Sept., 1908.

Bertha Bonart, " " June, 1904, to Sept., 1908.

Elizabeth A. Towle, " " Sept. 29, 1908, to the present time.

Mabel L. Hayes, " " Sept. 29, 1908, to the present time.

For three or four years after the resignation of Mr. Thomp-
son as principal, the scholarship and discipline of the united
schools was very unsatisfactory, owing to a lack of harmony
among the teachers and other incidental causes. The
appointment of Enoch C. Adams, however, in October,
1885, led to the introduction of new and improved methods
of teaching and the adoption of a higher standard of scholar-
ship. He had charge of the consolidated school for eleven
years, and his resignation in 1896 was accepted with great
regret, as stated in the following tribute of respect placed on
record by the trustees of the Putnam Free school : — ^

Mr. Adams look charge of the school when its condition was unsatis-
factory, and by his superior ability and discretion promptly succeeded in
raising it to a high standard of excellence. With ample scholarly equip-

* MisB Piper was granted leave o( a1)9ence in May, 1897, and Miss Sarah L.
Merrill was empbyed as an assistant in her place for one year.

* One-hall the salary paid to Miss Stiles was by special agreement charged to
the Putnam Free .School fund, and one-half to the city of Newburyport.

' Mr. ICnrich ('. Adams is now principal of the high school in Newton, Mass.

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ment, he has shown rare energy and capacity for the organization and
wise direction of such an institution.

His character and conscientious devotion to his duty have commanded
the entire respect and confidence of his pupils, his assistants, of this
Board of Trustees, and of the people of Newburyport and vicinity
whose sons and daughters constitute the membership of the united
Newburyport High and Putnam Free Schools.

It is with profound regret that we accept his resignation, not only
because we are to be deprived of the benefit of his professional services,
but also because we feel that his departure is a distinct loss to our social,
political, and religious life.

In 1902, the city of Newburyport, by right of eminent
domain, took possession of the land and building owned by
the trustees of the Putnam Free school. Extensive repairs
and alterations were made for the better accommodation of the
male and female high schools, and the instruction of pupils
connected with the Putnam Free school was provided for by
a new agreement, which has been annually renewed from
August, 1902, to the present time.

William Wheelwright, son of Ebenezer and Anna
(Coombs) Wheelwright, was born March 16, 1798, in a house
then standing on the easterly side of Water street, at the head
of Coombs' wharf, near Lime street. He attended the pub-
lic schools in Newburyport, and completed his education at
Phillips* academy in Andover, Mass. When only sixteen
years of age he shipped as cabin boy on board a vessel bound
to the West Indies, and soon became a subordinate officer
and afterward captain of the vessel. In 1823, he was in
command of the ship ** Rising Empire " when she was
wrecked off the coast of South America, near the mouth of
the river Ija, Plata. A few months later he sailed as super-
cargo in a vessel bound from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso. In
1825, he was appointed United States consul at Guayaquil,
then the most important port on the Pacific coast. Returning
to Newburyport in 1828, he married, February 10, 1829,
Martha Gerrish, daughter of Edmund and Zilpah (Gerrish)

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Bartlet, and a few weeks later sailed, with his wife, in a small
vessel from New York for the Isthmus of Panama, and thence
to Guayaquil, where he found the business firm with which
he was connected involved in serious financial difficulties,
owing to the mismanagement of a partner. In order to re-
trieve his shattered fortune Mr. Wheelwright removed to
Valparaiso, Chile, and devoted his time and attention to the
development of local industries, the organization of the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company and the establishment of a line
of steamers to and from the Isthmus of Panama, connecting
Valparaiso with the continent of Europe. Subsequently, he
became interested in a plan to unite the Pacific and Atlantic
coast by a railway over the mountain range that separates
Chile from the Argentine Republic. Unable to secure the
co-operation of the Chilian government, Mr. Wheelwright
decided to remove to Buenos Ayres, where, after three years
of persistent labqr, he succeeded in obtaining grants of land
and other concessions that led to the organization of the
Grand Central Argentine Railway Company and the con-
struction of the road from Rosario on the Parana river, one
hundred and eighty-nine miles above Buenos Ayres, to Cor-
dova, Central Argentina, a distance of two hundred and forty-
six miles, lie afterwards organized the ICnscnada Kailwjiy
Company, and built the road connecting the bay or port of
Ensenada with the city of Buenos Ayres.

On account of ill health, he decided, in May, 1873, to
visit England and take medical advice. The voyage seemed
to strengthen and invigorate him, but during the summer he
grew weaker, and died in London September 26, 1873. On
the seventeenth of October following he was buried in Oak
Hill cemetery, Newbury|)ort.*

* I jfe and Industrial l^lwrs of William Wheelwright in South America, by
Senor J. \\, Allierdi: History of Kssex County, compiled by O. Hamilton Murd,
volume II, pages 1820-1826; **OuId Newbury**: Historical and Biographical
Sketches, pages 65 1-658; The Arena, December, 1906, pages 591 -602, and January,
'907» pages 31-38; an<l History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 329.

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Two-ninths of his estate was placed in the hands of trus-
tees, " the income to be applied to the assistance of such
Protestant young men of the city of Newburyport as the said
trustees shall consider deserving and meritorious, in obtaining
a scientific education." Since 1882, the graduates of the
Newburyport high school, wishing to continue their studies in
chemistry, mineralogy or civil engineering, have had their
tuition and other expenses paid at the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, the I^wrence Scientific school and similar
institutions, by the trustees of the Wheelwright fund. This
fund now amounts to four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, —
a sum exceeding the total amount of all other donations and
bequests to the city of Newburyport, including gifts to the
Public library, the Anna Jaques hospital and other public
institutions.

The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced
from a |x>rtrait of Mr. Wheelwright in the possession of the
trustees of the Wheelwright fund.

Robert Noxon Toppan, son of Charles and Laura Ann
(Noxon) Toppan*, was born in Philadelphia October 17,
1836. He graduated at Harvard college in 1858, and after-
wards attended the law school at Columbia college. June 4,
1861, he began the practice of law in New York City, but the
next year closed his office and went to Europe, where he
remained with his father, mother and other members of his
family for ten or fifteen years. He married, October 6, 1880,
Sarah Moody Cushing, daughter of William and Sarah
Moody (Stone) Cushing, and lived in Newburyport for two
or three years after that date, when he removed to Cambridge,
Mass. February 17, 1887, he gave to the city of Newbury-
port the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the income to
be awarded annually " to the member of the senior class of
the Brown high, the Female high, and Putnam Free schools,

1 Charles Toppan was a native of Newburyport, and for many years president
of the American Hank Note Company.

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now consolidated, who shall pass the best examination in the
fundamental principles of the constitution of the United
States and of the local governments/'

Mr. Toppan died in Cambridge May 10, 190 1, leaving a
widow and three children. He was buried in Oak Hill cem-
etery, Newbury port.

CONTRIBUTORS TO STREET AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

John Bromfield, son of Henry and Margaret (Fayer-
weather) Bromfield, was born in Boston January 6, 1743. He
probably came to Newburyport soon after the incorporation
of the town in 1764, and married. May 3, 1770, Ann Rob-
erts, daughter of Robert Roberts. June 9, 1771, he pur-
chased of his father-in-law, Robert Roberts, a lot of land on
the southeasterly side of King, now Federal, street, near the
comer of a two-rod way, now Prospect street.' On this lot
of land he erected a dwelling house, where he lived for ten
or twelve years. In 1794, after his removal from Newbury-
port, he conveyed the whole or part of this land, " bounded
by land owned by the town of Newburyport where the work
house stands," to Sarah Roberts, and in 1798 gave a quit-
claim deed of the property to Alice, wife of Stephen Hooper.'

John Bromfield, jr., second son and fourth child of John
and Ann (Roberts) Bromfield, was bom in Newburyport
April 7, 1779. He was fitted for college at Dummer Acad-
emy, but did not apply for admission to Harvard on account
of ill health. He became interested in commercial pursuits,
and made several voyages, as supercargo, to Europe and the
East Indies, accumulating a large fortune, which he carefully
invested.

Living in Boston during the last years of his life, he gave,
in 1845, ^o the lk)ston Athenaeum, of which he was a member,
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. He died in that

1 Essex Deeds, book 133, leaf 172.

« Essex Deeds, book 157, leaf 224, and book 164, leaf 200.

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city December 8, 1849, unmarried, and was buried in Oak
Hill cemetery, Newburyport.

His will, proved January 14, 1850, provided for the distri-
bution of more than one hundred thousand dollars to various
charitable and benevolent societies in Boston and vicinity, and
also authorized and directed *' that the sum of ten thousand
dollars be invested at interest in the Hospital Life Insurance
Company, in the city of Boston, so and in such manner as
that the selectmen, or other duly authorized agents of the
town of Ncwbury|)ort for the time being, may, annually, re-
ceive the interest which shall accrue or become payable for or
in respect of said deposit ; and I direct that by or in behalf
of said town, the interest so received shall be annually ex-
pended, one-half in keeping the sidewalks in the public streets
of said town in good order, and the other half in the planting
and preserving trees in said streets for the embellishing and
ornamenting of said streets for the pleasure and comfort of
the inhabitants."

These bequests have been of great benefit to the commu-
nity where he resided for many years, and especially to the
town where he was born and begun his business career.
When a part of Newbury was annexed to Newburyport, in
185 1, South street, the dividing line between the two towns,
was planted with shade trees, the sidewalks repaired, and the
name changed to Bromfield street, in honor of John Brom-
field, the sagacious merchant and benefactor of the town.

Michael Hodge Simpson, son of Paul and Abigail (Hodge)
Simpson, was bom in Newburyport November 15, 1809. He
completed his education at an early age, and was employed in
the commission house of Adams & Emery of Boston for two
or three years, and, after that firm was dissolved, by Jonathan
Emery & Son, who continued the business. He was allow^
to send ventures on his own account to foreign ports, and so
laid the foundation of his future business career. When only
twenty years of age he had established himself in the general

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commission business at No. 38 India wharf, Boston,' and
subsequently, in company with George Olis, son of Harrison
Gray Otis, b^;an the importation of hides, horns and wool
from Calcutta and South America.

In 1837, he was elected agent of the woolen mills at Saxon-
ville, Mass., organized under the name of the New England
Worsted Company, and held that position until the wide-
spread financial disasters of 1857 caused the failure of the
company. With the assistance of some friends, he purchased
the mills, which, under his sole management, were remarka-
bly prosperous, and led to the building of the Roxbury Carpet
Mills a few years later. He retained the management of
these two large manufacturing enterprises until his death.

Mr. Simpson married, December 24, 1832, Elizabeth D.,
daughter of Jeremiah Kilham of Boston. She died, leaving
three children, one son and two daughters.

In September, 1880, Mr. Simpson built a plank road on
Plum island, extending from the hotel to the seashore, and in
November of that year erected a a)ttage near the beach, which
he occupied during the summer months. He gave twenty-five
hundred dollars for the improvement of Bartlet mall, eighteen
thousand dollars for the enlargement of the Public Library
building, and at his death bequeathed the sum of twenty
thousand dollars to the city of Newburyport, the annual income
to be expended in sprinkling the streets.

He married, June i, 1882, at his residence in Saxonville,
Miss Evangeline Marrs of Saxonville, Rev. Lucius R. East-
man of Framingham officiating. He died at his residence in
Boston December 22, 1884, leaving no children by his second
wife.

His portrait, painted by Edgar Parker of Boston, was pre-
sented to the Newburyport Public library two or three months
previous to his death.

' Advertisement in Newburyport Herald, February 19, 1830.

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Eunice (Atkinson) Currier^ daughter of Matthias and
Abigail (Bayley) Atkinson, was born in Newbury September
29, 1782.' She married, September 15, 1835, Moses Coffin
Currier, a widower with three sons, Moses Atkinson, John
and Leonard. Her husband died September 23, 1858. She
died May 18, 1873, and gave, in her will, to the city of
Newburyport, u|x)n certain conditions, several acres of land
on High street, near the junction of Moseley and Storey ave-
nues and the Ferry road, so called, *' to be known forever as
Atkinson Common."'

In addition to the gifts and bequests named above, several
statues, drinking fountains, tablets and other memorials of
value have been presented to the city of Newburyport by the
following-named persons.

Daniel Inoalls Tennev, son of Richard and Ruth (In-
galls) Tcnncy, was born in Newbury i>ort May 2, 1800, and
gave, in 1877, the bronze lamp-posts, with plate-glass lan-
terns, that stand in front of City hall, and, in 1879, the statue
of Washington at the southeasterly end of Bartlet mall. Mr.
Tenney was for twenty-five or thirty years a wholesale and re-
tail dealer in silver ware and jewelry in New York City, where
he died, unmarried, November 23, 1881.

William H. Swasey, son of Henry S. and Sarah (Rogers)
Swasey, who gave the statue of William Lloyd Garrison, in
Brown square, designed and modeled by David M. French of
Newburyport, was born in Thomaston, Maine, May 15, 1823,
and came with his father, mother and brothers to Newbury-
port when he was only seventeen years of age. He found
employment as shipping clerk with the firm of John .Wood &

* Matthias Atkinson was a soldier in Capt. Moees Little^s company that marched
from Newbury, April 19, 1775, to re-in(orce the colonial troops at Lexington and
Concord. He was a lineal descendant of John Atkinson, who settled in Newbury
in 1662.

" History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 319-221.

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Son, and four or five years later b^^un business at the comer
of Ferry wharf and Water street, in company with Eben
Sumner, removing to the brick store at the comer of Com-
mercial wharf and Water street in 1854, when Warren Cur-
rier was admitted to a partnership in the business, and the
firm-name changed to Sumner, Swasey & Currier. Twenty
years later, Mr. Swasey was interested, with Elisha P. Dodge,
in the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes, and is now
treasurer of the Towle Manufacturing Company, incorporated
in 1880, for the manufacture of silver ware.

In addition to the statue of Garrison presented to the city,
Mr. Swasey has aided the Belleville Improvement society, the
Soldiers' Monument association, the South End reading
room, and other organizations, with liberal gifts of money,
and has devoted much time to the study of local history.

He married, October 20, 1852, Susan, daughter of James
and Susan Babson of West Newbury, Mass. She died in
Newburyport February i, 1907, leaving no children.

Mrs. Ann E. Taggard of East Boston gave, in 1898, the
drinking fountain at the corner of High and Auburn streets,
in memory of her husband, Cyrus Henry Taggard.

William Henrv Bartlett, son of Henry A. and Hannah
(Bishop) Bartlett, was born in Newburyix)rt September 30,
1842. He enlisted, in 1862, in company A of the forty
eighth Massachusetts regiment, under the command of Col
Eben F. Stone. His term of service having expired in July,
1863, he re-enlisted, and served in company B, at the head
quarters of the Department of the Gulf, until July 30, 1864

He was afterwards a school teacher in Worcester, Mass
where he resided until his death, July 5, 1904. He provided
in his will for the erection of a fountain in Cushing park, at
a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars. The fountain was
completed and dedicated with an appropriate address by
Nathan N. Withington, esq., June 16, 1906.

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The fountain in the centre of Frog pond was given to the
city of Newburyport in 1891, by Edward S. Moseley, in
memory of his father, Ebenezer Moseley, who was a promi-
nent lawyer in the town from 1805 to 1850, and interested
in the enlargement and improvement of Bartlet mall at the
beginning of the nineteenth century.

The drinking fountain at the junction of Storey and Mose-
ley avenues and the Ferry road, so called, was the gift of
John T. Brown, in 1894, in memory of his wife, Ellen T.
Brown.

The drinking fountain at the comer of High and Toppan
streets was presented to the city in 1897 by Paul A. Merrill.

The monument to the soldiers and sailors who served in the
Civil war, designed and modeled by Mrs. Theo Alice (Rug-
gles) Kitson, wife of Henry Hudson Kitson of Boston, was
erected on Atkinson common by an association of represen-
tative citizens, and dedicated July 4, 1902.'

The contributors to the funds held for the benefit of the
charitable and benevolent societies, for the old ladies' home,
the old men's home, the Anna Jaques hospital, the Homoeo-
pathic hospital, the young men's and the young women's
Christian associations and other organizations, are too nu-
merous to be printed in this volume, but the names of the
generous donors will be found in the published reports of
the above-named societies.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 220 and 221.

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CHAPTER XXVI.

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND.

In September, 1854, Hon. Josiah Little gave five thousand
dollars to the city of Newburyport for the purpose of estab-
lishing a free public library for the use of the inhabitants
of Newbury, West Newbury and Newburyport, and Hon.
Charles Jackson and Col. Samuel Swett of Boston gave a
large and valuable collection of books and pamphlets for the
same purpose. These and other contributors who have made
the library what it is to-day are entitled to unqualified praise
for their disinterested benevolence. Who they were and what
they did to promote and encourage the study of literature
and art in this community is briefly told in the following bio-
graphical sketches.

JosiAH Little, son of Col. Josiah and Sarah (Toppan)
Little, was born in Newbury January 13, 1791. He gradu-
ated at Bowdoin college in 18 11, and married, January 24,
1 8 14, Sophronia Balch, daughter of John Balch of Newbury-
port. Although the owner of large tracts of land in Maine
and New Hampshire, he was interested in various manufac-
turing enterprises, and devoted considerable time and atten-
tion to the development of local industries. In 1839 and
1 840, he was a member of the Massachusetts senate, and in
1854 became interested in a plan to establish a free public
library in Newburyport, and gave the municipal authorities
the sum of five thousand dollars to be devoted to the purchase
of books. A room on the northwesterly side of City hall
was fitted up for the use of the library, and dedicated with
appropriate exercises September 5, 1855. The half-tone print

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on]this page is reproduced from a photograph taken soon after
the last-named date. •

Mr. Little died February 5, i860, leaving no children. His
widow, Sophronia (Halch) Little, died June 24, 1872.

HON. jOSIAII I.I'ITI.K.

Cm AKi.Ks Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy)
Jackson, was lx)rn in Ncwburyport May 31, 1775. He grad-
uated at Harvard college in 1793, and read law for three
years in the office of Theophilus Parsons. In 1795, he mar-
ried Amelia Lee, daughter of Josei)h Lee of Salem, Mass.,
and in 1796 opened a law office in Ncwburyport, where he

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resided until 1803, when he removed to Boston. His wife,
Amelia (Lee) Jackson, died in 1809, and, in December, 18 10,
he married his second wife, Frances Cabot, daughter of John
Cabot of Beverly, Mass.

In 18 1 3, he was appointed associate-justice of the supreme
judicial court of Massachusetts, and held that office for ten
years, resigning in 1823 on account of tU health. Several
years later he resumed the practice of law in Boston, and in
1854 gave to the city of Newburyport a large collection of
books and pamphlets for the library founded by Hon. Josiah
Little. He died in Boston December 13, 1855.*

Samuel Swett, son of Dr. John Barnard and Charlotte
(Bourne) Swett, was bom in Newburyport June 9, 1782. He
graduated at Harvard college in the year 1800, and read law
with Hon. Jeremiah Smith of Exeter, N. H., and afterwards
with Hon. Charles Jackson and Hon. Edward St. Loe Liver-
more.

He was admitted to the Essex bar in 1805, and began the
practice of law in Salem, Mass., where he married, August
25, 1807, Lucia Gray, daughter of William Gray. In 18 10,
he removed to Boston, and became interested in mercantile
affairs. For more than thirty years he was a member of the
firm of William B. Swett & Co., and during that time was a
frequent contributor to the newspapers of the day. At a
later date he published historical and topographical sketches
of the battle of Bunker hill, and several other pamphlets of
local historical interest. In 1854 he gave to the city of
Newburyport a valuable collection of books and pamphlets
for the use of the Public library established in September of
that year. He died in Boston October 28, 1866.'

* Memoirs of Dr. James Jackson, by Dr. James Jackson Putnam, pages 98- 127;
alio, page 269 of this volume.

* New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXI, pages 374
and 375.

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Matthias Plant Sawyer, son of Dr. Moses and Hannah
(Little) Sawyer, was born in Newbury July 11, 1788. His
father died August 5, 1799, and his mother married, July 3,
1807, Col. James Burnham, and removed with her children to
Portland, Maine. Matthias Plant Sawyer lived in that city
for six or eight years, and then became interested in commer-
cial affaii-s in Boston, where he accumulated a handsome prop-
erty. He owned and occupied for many years a large three-
story brick dwelling house, on the comer of Park and Beacon
streets, with an unobstructed view of the state house and
Boston common. He died, unmarried, March 31, 1857, and
by the terms of his will gave to the city of Ncwburyport the
sum of five thousand dollars, the income to be used in the
purchase of books for the Public library.

George Peabody, son of Thomas and Judith (Dodge)
Pcabody, was born February 18, 1795, in South Danvers,
now Peabody, Mass. When only fifteen or sixteen years of
age he came to Ncwburyix)rt and was employed as a clerk in
a dry-goods store on State street, kept by his brother David
Peabody and Samuel Swett, under the firm -name of David
Peabody & Co. Soon after the disastrous fire that destroyed
much valuable property in Ncwburyport, in 181 1, he decided
to accompany his brother. Gen. John Peabody, to George-
town, D. C, and sailed for that port May 4, 1812, in the brig
Fame.

In 1814 he returned to Newburyport on a visit, which lasted several
months, during which time he boarded at Lock's Hotel, on the comer of
Slate and High streets. Capt. HIakely and other officers of the U. S.
sloop-of-war Wasp, then fitting for a cruise, were at the same hotel.
Capt. Blakely married at this lime and brought his wife to the hotel from
her native place at Santa Cruz.»

February 22, 18 14, the Wasp sailed for Portsmouth, N.
H., where she received her armament and sailed again in

1 Newburyport Herald, January 29, 1863.

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April for a cruise on the English coast. A few months
later, George Peabody, in company with Elisha Riggs, began
business as a wholesale dealer in dry-goods in Alexandria,
D. C. The firm removed to Baltimore, Md. , in 1 8 1 5, and sub-
sequently established branch houses in New York and Phila-
delphia. In 1837, he was the senior partner of the firm of
George Peabody & Co., bankers and brokers, in Ix>ndon, and
soon became a large dealer in American securities. In 1856,
he returned to the United States for a brief visit, and on the
second of October attended the Essex County Agricultural
fair in Newburyport. He arrived at the railroad station, near
the head of State street, on the morning of that day, and was
received by a committee of citizens, — ex-mayor Moses Daven-
port, chairman, — and escorted to the fair grounds, and after-
wards to the meeting-house of the First Religious Society on
Pleasant street, where an eloquent address was delivered by
Major Ben : Perley Poore, of West Newbury. At the close
of the exercises in the meeting-house, dinner was served in a
large tent erected on land belonging to the estate of Moses
Brown, at the corner of High and State streets, but Mr.
Peabody, on account of other engagements, was unable to
participate in the festivities of that occasion.

In 1866, he gave fifty thousand dollars to the Peabody In-
stitute in Danvers ; one hundred and fifty thousand to Yale,
and the same amount to Harvard college. His donations to
various charitable and educational institutions in the United
States and England amounted to eight million dollars.

February 20, i ^^T^ he gave to the Newburyport Public
library the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the income to be
applied to the purchase of standard works, by the best au-
thors, on topics of general interest.' At the request of some
of his personal friends, he gave a portrait of himself, painted

> In a letter from Mr. Peabody, published in the Newburyport Municipal Regis-
ter, the term* and conditions of this gift are clearly stated, and suggestions made
in regard to the organization of a board of trustees to receive and expend the
income.

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by an English artist in 1869, to the directors of the library."
Mr. Peabody died in London November 4, 1869. An
English ship-of-war, convoyed by two armed vessels, one
detailed for that purpose by the president of the United
States, the other by the emperor of France, brought his body
to Portland, Maine, where it lay in state for two or three
days, and was then taken to Peabody, Mass., where, after a
solemn funeral service in the old South meeting-house, it
was buried in Harmony Grove cemetery, while a violent north-
cast snow storm was raging;.

John Merrill Bradbury, son of Ebenezer and Nancy
(Merrill) Bradbury, was born in Newburyport October 29,
18 18. He attended the Latin high school, and was after-
wards a pupil at Dummer academy, completing his education
at Dickinson college in Carlisle, Pa.

He married, August 28, 1843, Sarah Ann, daughter of
Daniel and Abigail (Sargent) Hayes of Gloucester, and for
several years after that date was a teacher in one of the public
schools of Newburyport. In 1849, he accepted a clerkship
in the treasury department at the state house in Boston, and
afterwards held, for fifteen or eighteen years, an important
and responsible [wsition with the firm of Gihnorc, Blake i\&
Ward, bankers.

Accompanied by his wife, he visited England, Scotland,
Ireland and the continent of Europe in 1868, returning to
Boston in 1871, suffering from a severe lameness that result-
ed in a surgical operation and the loss of one of his feet by
amputation.

January 20, 1875, he purchased an estate in Ipswich, Mass.,
where he resided until his death, March 21, 1876, leaving a
widow, but no children. By his will, dated May 19, 1873,
and proved April 17, 1876, he gave to the Public library of
Newburyport the sum of one thousand dollars. Charles W.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 526.

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Tuttle, esq., in a brief obituary notice of Mr. Bradbury, wrote
as follows : —

His chief delight and interest were in the history and antiquities of
New England. He had a keen relish for antiquarian research, and
never lost an opportunity to add to his stock of this kind of informa-
tion. He was as familiar as one could well be with the local history of
both banks of the Merrimac River, where the early settlements were
made. His ancestors for six and seven generations had lived and died
there, and he knew the history of each generation with marvellous accu-
racy and fullness. He had gathered local traditions and examined
ancient records till he was master of the history and genealogy of all,
or nearly all, the old families between Haverhill and Plum Island. <

JosHPii A. Frotiiingiiam, son of Stephen and Hannah
(Johnson) Frothingham, was born in Newburyport April 25,
1804. He was a druggist in Salem, Mass., for several years.
In September, 1832, he married Martha, daughter of Thomas
and Betsey Beck of Portland, Maine, and soon after that date
returned to Newburyport and opened a drug store near the
corner of Market and Merrimack streets. From 1833 to
1 860 he was a dry-goods merchant and occupied a store,
afterwards occupied by his son, Joseph A. Frothingham, jr.,
on the northwesterly side of State street, near Threadneedle
alley. His wife died January i, 1854; and he died Septem-
ber 22, 1880. By his will, proved November i, 1880, he
gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of one thousand
dollars, the income to be used for the purchase of books for
the Public library.

Sarah Ann Green, daughter of Silas and Sarah Green,
was born in Newburyport November 19, 181 3. When only
sixteen years of age she was employed as a teacher in a
private school in Dover, N. H., and afterwards in a private
school in that part of Newbury known as Belleville. In 1843,
she was appointed one of the assistant teachers in the New-

* New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXXI, page 373.

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buryport Female high school, which position she retained until
July, 1868. She resided in a house, built by her grandfather
more than a century ago, on the northwesterly side of Top-
pan's lane, near High street. She died, unmarried, February
9, 1882. By her will she gave two thousand dollars to the
Newburyport Public library.

John Quincy Adams Williams, son of Abraham and Ann
Williams, was born in Newburyport March 28, 1823. When
only seventeen years of age he was employed as clerk by the
firm of bangs & Brewer, on Long wharf, Boston, and was
afterwards engaged in business with his brother, under the
firm-name of George W. A. and John Q. A. Williams. He
married, December 15, 1858, in Boston, Hannah M., daugh-
ter of William H. and Martha (Brickett) Moody, and died
December 14, 1886, leaving one daughter, who married Ed-
ward Atkins of Boston. By the second codicil of his will,
proved in the probate court for Suffolk county January 31,
1887, he gave, in memory of his father, the sum of one
thousand dollars to the Newburyport Public library, to be
known as the '* Abraham Williams' fund '*.

Rrv. William Oxnard Moselry, son of Ebenezer and
Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, was born in Newburyport April
27, 181 5. He graduated at Harvard in 1836, studied for the
ministry, was pastor of a Unitarian church in Burlington, Vt.,
two or three years later, and afterwards in South Scituate
and Chelsea, Mass. He married, October 26, 1847,
Caroline Louisa Fairbanks, daughter of Hon. Stephen Fair-
banks of Boston. She died in September, 1856. For his
second wife he married, January 15, 1868, Julia Maria Hale,
daughter of Joseph W. and Julia Ann (Todd) Hale of New-
buryport. He died in Newburyport February 10, 1894,
and provided in his will that the sum of ten thousand
dollars should be set aside as a trust fund, the income to be
paid to his sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones (Moseley) Muzzey, during

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her life, ** and at her death the princi|xil to be |xud to the
Newburyport Public Library."' He also provided that the
sum of three thousand dollars should be paid to the Howard
Benevolent society, and the same amount to the General
Charitable society of Newburyport.

William Cleaves Todd, son of Ebenezer and Betsey
(Kimball) Todd, was bom in Atkinson, N. H., February i6^
1823. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1844, and
afterwards taught school in Shepherdsville, Ky., for eighteen
months. He visited Europe in 1848, and after his return
was principal of the Atkinson academy for six years, resign-
ing in 1854 to take charge of the Female high school in New-
buryport. By fortunate investments in stocks and bonds, he
realized a sum sufficient to enable him to live independent of
his salary, and resigned his position as principal of the Female
high school in 1864. After that date he resided for three
years in Atkinson, N. H., during the summer, and in Wash-
ington, D. C, during the winter months. In 1867, he made
his second trip to Euroi>e, remaining there until 1870. In
1879, he again visited Europe, and traveled extensively in
Norway and Sweden. Returning to New England, he divided
his time chiefly between Atkinson, N. H., and Newburyport,
Mass., writing occasionally for the magazines and newspai>ers
of the day biographical and historical sketches, which he
afterwards collected and published in one volume under the
title of *' Biographical and Other Articles."

In March, 1870, a reading room in connection with the
Newburyport Public library was established, at his suggestion,
and from that date until March, 1881, he gave three
hundred dollars annually for the purchase of newspapers
and magazines, increasing the amount of his gift to three

' Lucy Jonei Moselcy, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley,
was bom in Newburyport July 5, 1817. She married Rev. Artemas Bowers Muz-
zey October 23, i860, and a few years later removed to Cambridge, Mass., where
she died November 30, 1891.

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hundred and seventy-five and afterward to four hundred dol-
lars per annum, until April 2, 1900, when he generously
donated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the income to
be expended annually in providing papers and periodicals for
the reading room of the Public library.

Mr. Todd died, unmarried, in Atkinson, N. H., June 26,
1903.'

John Rand Spring, son of Capt. John Hopkins and Sarah
Ann Spring, was born in Ncwbury|X)rt August 5, 1824. He
was a student at Dumnicr academy for two or three years,
and entered Bowdoin college in 1841, but remained there less
than twelve months, returning to Newburyport, and thence to
New York City, where he was employed as bookkeeper by a
firm engaged in the wholesale dry-goods trade. A few years
later he married Fanny M. Corey of Utica, N. Y., and estab-
lished a home for himself and wife in Michigan, and after-
wards in San Francisco, California.

Returning to Newburyport in 1859, he purchased a house
on Broad street, near the corner of High street, where he
lived until 1862, when he went again with his wife to San
Francisco, and subsequently became a large owner of real
estate in that city. He did not return to Newburyport, ex-
cept for a brief visit ten or fifteen years later.

His wife died in San Francisco March 17, 1898, and in
April, 1900, he gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, the income to be expended in the
purchase of books for the Public library.

He died April 12, 1906, leaving no children, except a
daughter, — now Mrs. IJr. Conrad Weil, — adopted several years
previous to the death of his wife. By his will, proved July
13, 1906, in the superior court of the state of California, for
the city and county of San Francisco,' he gave to six benev-

* For further details see biographical sketch of William Cleaves Todd published
in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LIX, pages 41-
45; also, History of Newburyport (Currier), volume 1, pages 243 and 526 note.

* Numl)cr 458 in the record of the superior court.

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olent societies or charitable institutions in the city of New-
buryport the sum of sixty thousand dollars, as follows : —

To the Society for the Relief of Aged Females, Ten thousand dollars
" Newburyport Charitable Society, Ten thousand dollars.

'* Howard Benevolent Society, Ten thousand dollars.

" Old Ladies^ Home, Ten thousand dollars.

*< Anna Jaques Hospital, Ten thousand dollars.

" Home for Aged Men, Teo thousand dollars.

The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced
from a i>hoto^raph of Mr. Spring now in the |x>ssession of his
sister, Mrs. Margaret S. Blake of Maplewood, Mass. The
photograph was taken in San Francisco, when Mr. Spring was
over eighty-two years of age.

Edward Strong Moseley, son of Ebenezer and Mary
Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, was bom in Newburyport June 22,
1813. He entered Yale college in 1829, and remained there
until the last term of his junior year, when he resigned in
order to enter the counting room of Benjamin A. Gould, a
leading merchant of Boston, engaged in the East India trade.
Februarys, 1839, he married Charlotte Augusta Chapman,
daughter of Rev. George T. Chapman of Newark, N. J., and
began housekeeping in Newburyport, where he resided until
his death. He was a large ship-owner, and for many years
president of the Mechanicks National Bank and of the Insti-
tution for Savings in Newburyport and vicinity.

At his suggestion and with his personal assistance, the
Tracy house on State street was purchased in 1864 and re-
modeled for the acconnnodation of the Public library. He was
also deeply interested in the movement that resulted in the
enlargement of the building in 1882 and the erection of the
commodious reading room known as the "Simpson Annex."

His wife died November 13, 1893. He died April 25,
1900, leaving three sons and two daughters. By his wiP,
dated September 22, 1898, and proved May 21, 1900, he gave

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to the trustees of the Newbiiryport Public library the sum of
five thousand dollars.'

Elizabeth Hammond of Haverhill married, in 1869, Ed-
ward S. Stickney who was bom in Newburyport October 7,
1824. Mr. Stickney was for many years a prominent and
highly esteemed resident of Chicago, Illinois. He died March
20, 1880, and his widow, Elizabeth Hammond Stickney, gave,
by her will, the sum of ten thousand dollars to the New-
buryport Public library.*

Stephen Webster Marston, son of Stephen W. and Mary
(White) Marston, was born in Newburyport October 1 1,
18 19. He was for many years engaged in the dry-goods
commission business in Boston, and was also the selling agent
in that city for several large cotton manufacturing corporations.
He died in Boston, unmarried, September 4, 1899, and
gave, by his will, five thousand dollars to the Newburyport
Public library.

Abram Edmands Cutter, son of Abraham and Mary
(Gibson) Cutter, was born in Newburyport January 24, 1822.
When he was ten or twelve years old his parents removed to
Saco, Maine, where he attended school and subsequently
found employment as clerk in a bookstore. In 1852, he re-
moved to Charlestown, Mass., where he began business as
bookseller and publisher. He marrietl, July 7, 1853, Mary
Eliza Edmands, daughter of Barnabas and Eliza (Whittemore)
Edmands. She died February 11, 1854. For his second
wife he married, October 13, 1857, Elizabeth F. Smith,
daughter of Washington and Elizabeth (Hay) Smith. He
died in Charlestown, Mass., May 14, 1900, and gave, by his
will, the sum of four thousand dollars to the Newburyport
Public library.

* For further details in regard to the life of Edward S. Moieley, see memorial
volume published in 1902.

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 527 note.

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Elisiia Perkins Dodge, son of Nathan Dane and Sarah
Perkins (Shepherd) Dodge, was born in Ipswich, Mass., Octo-
ber 5, 1847. He came to Newburyport in 1866, and for
more than thirty years was the most prominent and success-
ful manufacturer of shoes in the city. He married Katharine
S. Gray, daughter of John and Sarah (Paine) Gray, Septem-
ber 16, 1869. He died September 30, 1902, leaving a widow
and three sons, Robert Gray, Edwin Sherrill and Lawrence
Paine Dodge. By his will, he gave to the trustees of the
Public library the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, to be
known as the William H. P. Dodge fund, in commemoration
of his deceased brother.*

George Haskell, son of Solomon and Harriet (Orne)
Haskell, was born in Newbury, Mass., November 21, 1836.
He married, January i, 1868, Margaret F., daughter of
Elbridge G. and Mary Hoyt, and was employed for many
years by the Hoston & Maine Railroad Company as signal
tender in Newburyport. He was fond of books and interest-
ed in the study of local history. His wife died October 14,
1888; he died July 16, 1904. By his will, proved Sep-
tember 6, 1904, he gave to the city of Newburyix)rt the sum
of one thou.sand dollars, the income to be used in the pur-
chase of books for the Public library.

February 10, i860, the officers and members of the New-
buryport Lyceum association voted to assist in procuring
funds for the purchase or erection of a building, to be owned
by the city, for the better accommodation of the Public libra-
ry, which was then inconveniently located on the first floor on
the northwesterly side of City hall. Natives and residents of
"Ould Newbury '* and others interested in the welfare of the
city were invited to deliver lectures for two or three years in

' For further details in regard to the life of Hon. Elisha P. Dodge, see bio-
graphical sketch by Nathan N. Withington, published in 1903, and History oC
Newburyport (Currier), volun-.e I, pages 222-224 and 527.

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succession, and a sum exceeding one thousand dollars, received
from the sale of tickets, was placed to the credit of the build-
ing fund.

In 1863, Edward S. Moseley, realizing the value and im-
portance of the library and the need for vigorous action, vol-
untarily raised by personal solicitation or printed circulars the
balance needed to purchase the Tracy house, on State street,
where Washington and Lafayette had been entertained, and
remodel it for the use of the library. The following-named
persons contributed for that puqx>se the sums set against their
respective names : —

Edward S. Moseley,

Newbur)'port,

>i,ooo

Edward S. Kand,

1,000

Josiah L. and Joshua Hale,

1,000

John Porter,

1,000

Caleb, John N. and WiUiam Gushing, "

1,000

Charles H. Coffin,

500

Robert and Charles M.

Bayley,

500

Mrs. Nancy Horton,

500

John Currier, jr..

500

Micajah Lunt,

500

Mrs. Sarah W. Hale,

250

Josiah Little,

250

Henry Cook,

200

William Graves,

200

Eben F. Stone,

100

Benjamin F. Currier,

100

Moses E. Hale,

100

Albert W. Stevens,

100

George L. Rogers,

100

William Forbes,

100

Henry C. Perkins,

100

Mark Symons,

100

Jeremiah Colman,

100

William Ashby,

100

John Osgood,

100

R. Wills and Son,

100

John N. Pike,

Amos Noyes,

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Nathan A. Moulton,

Newbur>-port,

% SO

V William H. Swasey,

David Wooil,

ICdward H. and George J. George, «

William Wheelwright,

London,

Eng.,

1,000

Mrs. M. G. Wheelwright,

1,000

John R. Spring, San Francisco

, Cal.,

1,000

John Atkinson,

Boston, 1

^fass.,

500

WiUiam P. Pierce,

500

Stephen Til ton and Company, <<

500

Samuel Stevens,

250

James Reed,

250

George W. A. Williams,

250

Balch W. Pierce,

250

George W. Wheelwright,

200

Stephen W. Marston, jr..

100

Charies G. Wood,

Andrew L. Haskell,

John Nf. Bradbury,

Nathaniel Foster, jr..

'2s

Robert B. Williams, jr..

John Tilton,

John H. Bradbury,

Caleb Norris,

Samuel K. Whipple,

George Butler,

Edward 1\ Wilbur,

Daniel I. Tenney,

New York City,

Soo

Jacob Little,

ti If

500

Lemuel Coffin,

Philadelphia, Pa.,

soo

George A. Wood,

250

Joseph B. Hervey,

Cleveland

, Ohio,

ISO

William B. Todd, Washington,

D.C,

100

The balance of the fuiul, amounting to five thousand
dollars, after paying for the house and land on State street
and the improvements thereon, was deposited in the Insti-
tution for Savings in Newburyport and Vicinity, the income
to be expended in defraying the cost of repairs on the library
building when necessary.

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The building was afterwards enlarged and much improved
by the addition of a comnnxlious and well-lighted reading
ffKim, which was completed and dedicated with appropriate
exercises April 28, 1882. The following-named persons con-
tributed the sums set against their names to defray the cost
of these alterations and improvements : —

Michael H. Sim|>son, Boston, 18,500

Edward S. Moseley, Newburyport, 500

Robert Couch, " 500

Charles lojnt, ** 500

William O. Moseley, " 500

Stephen A. Caldwell, Philadelphia, 500

Stephen W. Marston, Boston, 250

William H. Swasey, Newburyport, 100

Eben F. Stone, " 100

John J. Currier, " 100

George J. Caldwell, "^ 100

Joshua Hale, " 100

Alexander Caldwell, " 100

I^muel Coffin, Philadelphia, too

Nathaniel Donnell, New York, 50

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CHAPTER XXVII.

ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.

Timothy Dexter was born in Maiden, Mass., January 22,
1747-8, and learned the trade of a leather dresser in Charles-
town. He came to Ncwburyix)rt in 1769, and purchased a
small lot of land on Prospect street in 1770.' In the month
of May following he married Elizabeth (Lord) Frothingham,
widow of Benjamin Frothingham,* and occupied for many
years a dwelling house on the southeasterly corner of Green
and Merrimack streets, with a glover's shop in the basement.
April 5, 1776, he advertised in the Essex Journal and New
Hampshire Packet.

Good Deer, Sheep and Moose Skins for sale, at the sign of the Glove,
opposite Somerby's landing.3

His peculiarities and eccentricities attracted attention, and
in March, 1776, he was elected "Informer" by the legal
voters of the town, and ordered to enforce the law in regard
to the killing of deer. Although seldom called upon to give
information or asked to assist in the prosecution of offenders,
he was evidently pleased with the slight distinction that this
unimportant office gave him, and was annually re-elected until
March, 1788.

r^ollowing the example of John Hancock and other wealthy
men of Massachusetts, at the close of the Revolutionary war,

* **Oiikl Newbury :" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 571.

• Rev. Samuel Perley, Presbyterian minister at Seabrook, N. H., married Timo-
thy Dexter and Elizabeth Frothingham May 22, 1770 (New England Historical
and Cienealogical Register, volume L, page 462).

' This landing was laid out by the selectmen of Newbury in 1753, and by the
selectmen of Newburyport in 178 1 (History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I,
page 364).

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Dexter invested a large sum of money in the depreciated
currency that was redeemed subsequently at par by the gov-
ernment ; and a year or two later he increased his capital by
fortunate real estate speculations.

In 1 79 1, he bought the Tracy house, now the Public
Library building, on State street, and lived there probably
until he removed to Chester, N. H., in 1796.' When the
Essex-Merrimack bridge was built, in 1 792, he was one of
the largest stockholders. On the fourth of July, 1793, he
crossed the bridge, with some of his boon companions, to
Deer island, and sat down to a substantial dinner, with a
bountiful supply of good wine. Stimulated by the excitement
and conviviality of the occasion, he delivered an incoherent
speech that his somewhat inebriated friends considered " truly
Ciceronian."* It was, however, a mere jumble of words,
subsequently re-arranged by one of his youthful 'admirers and
published in the newspapers of the day.

In 179s, he offered to erect at his own expense a brick
building, on land neat where the present police station stands,
suitable for a market house, but the inhabitants of the town,
unwilling to accept his gift . and recognize him as a public
benefactor, declined the oflfer with thanks.*

Annoyed by this refusal and animated with a desire to make
a sensation elsewhere, he sold his dwelling house on State
street, now the Public Library building, and, in 1 796, removed
to Chester, N. II. where he lived for nearly two years.

Returning to Newburyport in 1 798, ne purchased a large
three-story house, with about nine acres of land, on High
street, nearly opposite Olive street, belonging to the estate

' He sold his dwelling house on the corner of Green and Merrimack streets to
John Batch April 13, 1792 (Essex Deeds, book 155, leaf 33). In 1814, Charles
Herce of Portsmouth, N. H., purchased the property (Essex Deeds, book 204,
leaf 9), and conveyed it, August 12, 1828, to Harrison Johnson of Newburyport
(Essex Deeds, book 249, leaf 293).

* Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, July 6 and 10, 1793.

* Newburyport Town Records, volume HI, page 117; and "Ould Newbury;"
Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 623.

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of Capt. Thomas Thomas, deceased, which he owned and
occupied until his death. He was unhappy, however, in his
domestic affairs, and made several unsuccessful attempts to
sell this property. Six months after receiving the deed of
conveyance he published the following advertisement in the
Columbian Centinel : —

To BE Sold

That elegant Mansion House situate in Newbury Port, owned by the
subscriber, together with about Nine Acres of Land adjoining-, with the
Out Houses, Stores, Stables, &c. The House has a new Cupola, with
a spread eagle on the top, which turns with the wind ; finished in an ele-
gant manner, and perhaps makes as good an appearance as any Seat in
the United States. There are in the garden about 150 Fruit Trees,
which produce a great plenty of fruit, and good Well of Water.

In one of the banks of the Garden is an elegant new Tomb, on the
top of which is erected the Temple of Reason, 1 2 feet square, 1 1 feet
high, with 158 squares of glass in it. Likewise.

All my Household Furniture and Plate, which is equal to the House.
Also my Coach Horses and Carriages; payment made easy ; one- third down,
the other in three years, with interest and good security. Any gentlemen
wishing to purchase the above may hear of the terms by applying to the
subscriber, living on the premises. Timothy Dexter.'

Soon after this date he had a mahogany coffin made, with
heavy brass hin^^es and handles, which he kept in his house
and exhibited, on special occasions, to his guests. In one of
his numerous communications to the Newburyport Herald
he wrote as follows : —

Heare will lie in this box the first Lord in Amerika, the first Lord
Dexter made by the voice of hamshire state, my brave fellows affirmed
it, they gave me the title, so let it goue for as much as it will fetch, it
won't give me any bread, but take from nic the contrary, fourder 1 have
A grand toume (tomb) and my Coffin made and all Ready In my hous
painted with white lead in side and out side touched with greene, with
bras trimmings Eight handles and a good lock. 1 have had one mock
funural, it was a solemn day, there was very much Cring, about three
thousand spectators. I say my hous is Eaqual to any mansion hous in
twelve hundred miles and now for sale for seven hundred pounds weight
of Dollars by me. Timothy Dexter.»

' Columbian Centinel (Ik)ston), January 2, 1799.
' Newhurypoit Herald, Novemlier 14, i8oo.

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Although the facts stated in the above communication are
substantially correct, the " mock funeral " evidently lacked
solemnity, and only a comparatively few persons, possibly one
or two hundred, witnessed the ceremony. Tradition asserts
that Dexter sat at an upper-story window and watched the
funeral procession as it moved from the house to the tomb in
the garden, and at the close of the services beat his \vife
severely because she did not shed tears enough to suit him.

Early in 1801, he had statues carved in wood, gaudily
painted, representing George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams, placed on an arch over the front entrance
to his house ; and afterwards, on the grounds adjoining, erected
pedestals or columns, fifteen feet high, surmounted by statues
of philosophers, statesmen and politicians, with one to him-
self, bearing the inscription, ** I am the first in the East, the
first in the West, and the greatest philosopher in the known
world/* All these statues, with four lions, one unicorn and
other objects of interest, came from the workshop of Joseph
Wilson, a young ship-carver, then living on Strong street,
Newburyport. They gave the place a strange appearance,
attracted the attention of strangers and gratified the vanity
of the owner, who published a partial list of these '* works of
art " in the Newburyport Herald, as follows : —

The 3 presidents, Doctor franklin, John hen Cock, and Mr Hamilton,
and Kourfous King and John Jea, and 2 granedears on the tO|) of
the hous, 4 Lions below, i Eagel, is on Coupulow, one Lamb to lay
down with one of the Lions, — One Yonnecome, one Dogg, Addam and
Eave in the garden, — one horse. The hou" [whole] is not concluded on
as yel.«

In 1802, Dexter published his ** Pickle for the Knowing
Ones/** It was a curious mixture of sense and nonsense, put
together without regard to the rules of orthography or the

^ Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, June 16, 1801.
* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 495.

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art of punctuation. In the second edition he added, at the
close of the volume, nearly a page of punctuation marks, to
which he prefixed the following notice : —

Mister printer the Nowing ones coniplane of my l>o<>k, the fust edi-
tion had no stops. 1 put in A Nuf here and they may peper and salt it
as they plese.

Several editions of this small pamphlet of thirty or forty
l^ges have been printed, but it is now impossible to obtain a
copy except at a considerable advance from the original pub-
lished price.'

Dexter appointed Jonathan Plummer his poet laureate, gave
him a small salary, a suit of livery, a large cocked hat, a gold-
headed cane, and induced him, by shrewdness and flattery, to
write occasionally for the newspapers of the day verses in
praise of his patron. Although bickerings and quarrels were
frequent, Dexter retained the services of his \yoQt laureate
for many years and contributed annually to his support.

With no regular business, ignorant, intemperate and irrita-
ble. Dexter often complained of ill-treatment at home, and
frequently, when overcome by liquor, threatened to sell his
property and leave his wife and children to take care of. them-
selves. After a violent quarrel with his son, who was not
only mentally weak, but idle and vicious. Dexter called u[>on
the proprietors of the Nevvburyport 1 lerald and authorized
them to i)ublish the following advertisement : —

Mk. Dexter's Seat for Sale.

I say one great bargain for a great man, if you will buy my house
that stands out doors. I am in such a stale of health I must sell my
Pallace under the worth to go to the springs : and one thing more my
life is at a risk. l\iy a part ami ^ootl security for the rest ; all the g»its,
plate and books, horses and carriages, wood, i\:c. A large amount of
plate, it will show for itself. I will finish the Museum 87 figures; 4
arches; 17 figures front and rear next the house: some scattering ones

* History of Newl)iir>'|X)rt (Currier), volume I, pages 499 and 500.

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in the rear. Eight acres and 107 rods of land, cutts 14 load of fodder;
very good orchard. I have no family only robbers ; I want to be still,
not in my tomb. I have one store house to sell on broad way, 2 dollars
for 3. If my hou.se, Pallace &c is worth above 25000 dollars give me
less fur 1 am afraid of my life, of being killed by my son ; this is the truth.

Timothy De.xtek.'

In 1805, James Akin, Ihen living in Newbtiry port, engraved
and published a full-length portrait of ** The most noble Lord
Timothy Dexter," arrayed in his peculiar costume, carrying a
gold-headed cane, and followed by a hairless, short-legged dog,
as shown in the half-tone print on the next page. Copies
of the original engraving were advertised '* for sale at the
bookstore of Thomas and Whipple, sign of Johnson's Head,
Market Square.*'*

Although addicted to the immoderate use of spirituous
lic|uor. Dexter lived to be nearly sixty years of age, and died,
after a brief illness, October 22, 1806. Two days later the
followhig obituary notice was ptiblished in the Newburyport
Herald :—

Departed this life, on Wednesday evening last [October 22, 1806],
Mr. Timothy Dexter, in the 6oth year of his age, — self-styled " Lord
Dexter, first in the East." He lived perhaps one of the most eccentric
men of his time. His singularities and peculiar notions were universally
proverbial. Bom and bred in a low condition in life, and his intellectual
endowments not being of the most exalted stamp, it is no wonder that a
splendid fortune, which he acquired (though perhaps honestly) by dint
of speculation and good fortune, should have rendered him, in many re-
spects, truly ridiculous. The qualities of his mind were of that indefi-
nite cast which forms an exception to every other character recorded in
history, or known in the present age, and »* none but himself could be
his parallel." Hut among the motley groups of his (|ualitics, it would
be injustice to say he possessed no good ones — he certainly did. No
one will impeach his honesty, and his numerous acts of liberality, both
public and private, are in the recollection of all, while one of the items
in his last Will will be gratefully remembered. His ruling passion ap-
peared to be popularity, and one would suppose he rather chose to ren-

* Ncwhur)'port Herald, June 28, 1803.

• Newburyport Herald, Januar}' 31, 1806.

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TIManiY l)K\TI£K AND HIS IKX;.

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der his name "infamously famous than not famous at all." His writings
stand as a monument of the truth of this remark; for those who have
read his " Pickle for ihe Knowing Ones," a jumble of letters promiscu-
ously gathered together, find it difficult to determine whether most to
laugh at the consummate folly, or despise the vulgarity and profanity of
the writer. His manner of life was equally extravagant and singular.
A few years since he erected in front of his house a great number of
images of distinguished persons in Europe and America, together with
beasts, &c., so that his seat exhibited more the appearance of a museum
of artificial curiosities than the dwelling of a family. By his orders a
tomb was several years since dug under the summer house in his garden,
where he desired his remains might be deposited (but this singular re-
quest could not consistently be complied with), and his coffin made and
kept in the hall of his house, in which he is to be buried. The fortu-
nate and singular manner of his speculations, by which he became pos-
sessed of a handsome property, are well known, and his sending a cargo
of warming-pans to the W. Indies, where they were converted into
molasses-ladles and sold to a good profit, is but one of the most pecu-
liar. His principles of religion (if they could be called principles) were
equally odd : a blind philosophy peculiar to himself led him to believe
in the .system of transmigration at some times ; at others he expressed
those closely connected with deism ; but it is not a matter of surprise
that one so totally illiterate should have no settled or rational principles.
His reason left him two days before his death, but he has gone to render
an account of his life to a just and merciful Judge.

The funeral of Mr. Dexter will be lo-morrow, at 3 o'clock, from his
dwelling house.'

Although the writer of the above notice evidently believed
the stories circulated by Dexter in regard to the shipment of
a cargo of warming pans to the West Indies, Mr. William C.
Todd, after a careful examination of the custom house records
in Newburyport and elsewhere, asserts in a pamphlet, pub-
lished in 1886, that the stories were fictitious and have no
historical value whatever.*

Dexter 's will, dated March 1 , 1 799, seven years previous to
his death, was proved November 3, 1806. It provided liber-
ally for his wife Elizabeth, his son Samuel Lord Dexter, his-

* Newburyport Herald, October 24, 1806.
Timothy Dexter, An in(|iiiry into his life and character, by William C. TcckL

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daughter Nancy (Dexter) Bishop, wife of Abraham Bishop,
his granddaughter Nancy Bishop, his brothers Nathan and
John Dexter and others. He also gave to Joseph Somerby,
schoolmaster, two shares in the Essex-Merrimack Bridge cor-
poration, his best silver can, his turtle-shell pinchbeck watch,
three of his best silver spoons and one pair of gold sleeve-
buttons. To the town of Maiden he gave three hundred
dollars for the purchase of a bell for the meeting-house, and
the sum of two thousand dollars, the income to be allowed to
accumulate for a century ; after that date the interest to be
appropriated, annually, " for the support of the gospel in said
town of Maiden/* To the town of Newburypoit he gave two
thousand dollars, the income to be applied, annually, for the
support of the poor outside of the almshouse.

The total value of his estate, according to the inventory,
filed December 4, 1806, was as follows : —

House and land on High street, #12,000.00

1 10 shares in the Essex Merrimack bridge, 1 5,400.00

Two shares in Chester, N. H , turnpike, 100.00
Furniture, crockery, and silver ware, horses and

carriages, clothing, promissory notes, &c., &c., 71527.39

>3S,o27.39

The board of health objected to his burial in the tomb
erected in the rear of his house on High street, and a suitable
lot was provided for him in the Old Hill burying ground.
The inscription on his gravestone reads as follows : —

In memory of
M" Timothy Dextilr,
who died October 23d
A.D. 1806.
-/Etatis 60.
He gave liberal Donations,
For the support of the Gospel :
For the benefit of the Poor,
And for other benevolent purposes.

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The household furniture and other personal property be-
longing to the estate of Timothy Dexter was sold as stated in
the following advertisement : —

To be sold at public auction, oil Tuesday, the 12th of May next, at
the dwelling house of the late Mr. Timothy Dexter in High street all the
Household Furniture belonging to the said Dexter's estate; Feather
Beds, Bedsteads, c^c, also a number of handsome carved Images, well
painted, designed to represent some of the first characters in the United
States of America and in Europe, with the Pillars on which they stand.

P. Bagley & Sons, Auctioneers.^

> Ncwl)ury|K)rt llcrnid, April 28, 1807.

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Elizabeth Dexter, widow of Timothy Dexter, clie<l July 3,
1809, aged seventy-two. She was buried at the side of her
husband in the Old Hill burying ground.

Samuel Lord Dexter, only son of Timothy and Elizabeth
Dexter, was born in Septeml>er, 1772. On the sixth of Octo-
ber he was baptized in the mccting-housc of the First Relig-
ious society in Newburyi>ort. In his l)oyho<Kl he was idle and
dissolute, and in later years indulged in every kind of dissipa-
tion. He married, in June, 1800, Mrs. Mehitable Hoyt of
llampstead, N. H.' For his second wife, he married, January
1 1, 1807, Esther Dexter of Ncwburyi>ort. He diet! July 20,
1807, leaving no children. His widow married, November 16,
1809, William Rose of Charlestown, Mass.*

Nancy, only daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth Dexter,
was bom August 16, 1776. Although possessing consider-
able jxjrsonal beauty, she was a vain, frivolous girl, sui>crficially
educated, fond of dress and fashionable society. She mar-
ried, March 11, 1 792, Abraham l^ishop of New 1 laven.
Conn., Rev. Edward l^ass, D. D., officiating. Her first and
only child, Mary Ann Bishop, was bom in 1794, and two or
three years later her husband applied for and obtained a
divorce for statutory causes, and was granted the care and
custody of the child. Mrs. Bishop returned to Newbury[X)rt,
with confirmed habits of intoxication, and was i>rovided with
board and lodging in Ihc Dcxlcr liouse, on High street, where
she died September 30, 1851.

Mary Ann Bishop married Stephen (i*) Clark, an able lawyer,
who was afterward appointed judge of the municiixil court in
New Haven. In 1852, she sold to Dr. Elbridge G. Kelley
the house and land on High street, Newburyport, "belonging

• Newlniry|X)rt I leraUl and (^miUry (;azeUc, June lo, 1800. Intention of niar-
riajjc (ile<l May 22. 1800. See Memorial of the town of Ilamiistead, N. H., com-
piled by Miss llarrielte K. Noyes, page 439.

-^ ** Quid Newbury:" Histori<:al and biographical Sketches, page 575.

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to the estate of the late Lord Timothy Dexter."' Doctor
Kelley retained possession of the property until 1874, when •
it was sold to lion. George II. Corliss of Providence, K. I.*
It is now owned by Mrs. Kathcrinc Tin|;ley of Point Loma,
California.

Jonathan Plummer, son of Jonathan and Abigail Plum-
mer, was born June 13, 176 1, in a house then standing near
Gravel hill, in the town of Newbury. Although mentally
weak and easily imposed U|X)n,
he had a retentive memory,
and soon acquired a good com-
mon-school education. When
si.xteen or eighteen years of
age he was anxious to study for
the ministry, but was persuad-
ed by friends and neighbors to
turn his attention to secular
pursuits.

Me was fond of reading, and
for a small consideration
would recite in the market
place in Ncwburypnrl selec-
tions of prose and iK)etry taken
from his favorite authors, to
the great delight of the men
and boys accustomed to as-
semble there.

lie sold pin.s, needles and other small wares from a basket
that he carried from house to house, and occasionally wrote
and publi.shed verses describing some event or incident of
local interest. He styled himself **iK)et lauriet to Lord Tim-
othy Dexter,*' and one of his early publications was a broad-
side, printed in large type, with the following title or heading : —

• Essex Deeds, book 456, leaf 84.

* ** Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 570-576.

ION A MIAN PI.HMMKK.

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Plummers Declaration of War with

The Fair Ladies of the Five Northern States

and

The Author's Congratulatory Address

to Citizen Timothy Dexter on his
Attaining an Independent Fortune.*

lie afterward ptibllshed in the Impartial Herald the fol-
lowing flattering and laudatory letter : —

To Citizen Dextek, the favorite of the Goddess who presides over
riches. Wise and wealthy citizen :

Julius Ceasar, a renowned and ever victorious Roman Emperor, being
once at sea, in a tremendous storm, banished the fears of his pilot, who
expressed great concern, by informing him that he bore Ceasar and his
fortune. Now, sir, I beg leave to inform you that I have been very
fearful that I should draw nothing in the present Connecticut Manufac-
tory Lottery, and my diffidence is so great that I have not yet ventured
to lay out in it a single cent, nor can I yet resolve, so far, to trust my
ragged fortune.

In this disagreeable situation to whom but to you, my generous
Patron, can I look for the favor which Ceasar granted to his dispairing
Pilot? In the name then of Apollo, my immortal master, let your droop-
ing Poet receive one or two of these tickets from your bounteous hand.
This favor granted.

My joy shall then, from shore to shore.
Resound till time shall be no more.

1 .shall then have substantial reason to hope that a part of the fortune,
not of the conquering Ceasar, but of the lucky, the successful Dexter,
will attend me. My muse whispers that tickets bought by so fortunate
a gentleman, benevolently given by you, and gratefully received by me,
will be very likely to draw some capital prize. I am, sir, your very hum-
ble servant and affectionate bard,

Jonathan Plummbr, Jun.»

The first number of his autobiography, "written by himself/*
was published in 1796,' and during the next two or three years

' A copy of this broadside is in the possession of Mr. Edward H. Litde, New-
bury port.
* Impartial Herald, May 5, 1795.
' Advertisement in the Impartial Herald, February 9, 1796.

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he wrote and sold, from his basket in Market square, verses
and sermons on the following subjects : —

The Awful Malii^nant I'cvcr jil Ncwlmryporl in llic year 1796.'

An Klegiac Ode and Funeral Sermon on ihc dealh of ihrcc persons

who killed themselves.'
A Solemn Call to the Citizens of the United Stales by a Citizen of

Ncwburyporl.'

March 17, 1797, the following congratulatory ode was
printed in the Impartial Herald: —

To Sir Timothy Dexter, on /it's refurni/ig to Neivburyporty after

residing a long time at Chester in New Hampshire ; a con-

^ratuia/ory Ode.* by Jonathan Flummery Junr,^ Poet

Lauriet to his Lordship,

Your lordship's welcome back again —

Fair nymphs with sighs have moumM your staying

So long from them and me your swain,
And wondered at such long delaying;

But now you bless again our eyes,

Our melting sorrow droops and dies.

The town of Chester to a Lord

Must seem a desert dull and foggy,
A gloomy place — upon my word

1 think it dirty, wet, and boggy :
Far different from your Kingly seat,*
In good saint James his famous street.

There all the arts and graces join

To make you happy and contented :
There flowing wits and sparkling wine

Will duly to you be presented —
Aye, raptures rare combined meet
To bless and crown saint James his street.

•Kingly seat—The elegant house in saint James his |>ark and street, which be-
longed some time since to Jonathan Jackson, Esc|.

^ ICsscx Insliluto, Salem, Mass.

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Your happy change Til loudly sing,

Your change lo all the town transporting,

And while I make the valleys ring,
1 shall rejoice at your good fortune.

From Chester to saint James his street

Is (|uile a glorious retreat.

Hut 1 a suit of clolhcs must have

To sing my joy in, and the best, sir:
A suit of red ; not black and grave,

Provided by the Earl of Chester.
To Todd the taylor send, I pray : —
Your Lordship's Poet must be gay.

The sable suit is handsome yet ;

liul not .so proper to rejoice in,
As thai which now you'll for me get.

To tune my very joyful voice in.
In Europe I know not a King
Without a bard in red to sing.'

You in this place have many friends.

And all the l,awyers here are civil :
They know full well (hat envy lends

To send its owners lo the devil.
I think they will not beat you blind.
Because the Nymphs are to you kind.f

t Because ihe Nymphs, i'tc. — It is strongly sus|H:cte(l that I^ml Dexter was
bruised iiaif to liculli, hy u lawyer in New llanipshiie, partly mi account o( Ihe
laiiies regard for iiini in thai slate.

^ Concerning this ap^^al for a new suit of livery, the poet laureate, in his auto-
biography, makes the following statement: —

*' It happened that the Earl of Chester was ill of the gout about the time that
this o<le made its appearance. This I imagine operated to my disadvantage in re-
gard to my obtaining the suit of red. The painful disease, in a great measure,
destroyetl his lordship's relish for |X)etry. Lady Dexter, too, co-o|)erated with
the gout in the business of with-holding from me the object of my wishes. She
is not altogether so generous, so noble, so royal, as his I«ordship, and when she
rules llie house, those l>enevolcnt actions are not always done which al i»lher times
adorn the place. I would not Ik.' understoo<t to hint that she alone ever absolutely
controls him; but I cannot say that she and the gout together do not sometimes
gel him under. I did not ex|>ecl that anything would hinder him from cloalhing
his own poet; but alas! I must confess ihal I have mil yet receivetl the suit."

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Your house} in Chester is not fit

For a wise noble lord to dwell in —
In this you may display your wit :

Aye, this I*m sure you will do well in.
I hope you'll shine gay as a lark,
A glory to saint James his park.

lilcss me ! what wits and beauties there,

With dazzling lustre gay are shining !
Nymphs whom to angels I compare.

And wits whoVe not with envy pining :
Hcaux who will never beat you blind
because the Nymphs are to you kind.

Lo 1 what a place below (he skies,§

How stately, elegant, and splendid.
Is that boon earthly paradise,

Where wit and beauty are so blended !
You truly hit the proper mark
Hy living in St. James his park.

A man of sense should always live

Among the highest and the best, sir,
And never pine away and grieve

Among the fighting folks at Chester :
Then shine, rich lord, the gayest spark,
The glory of saint James his park.

X 1*he house is elegant; but only 2 stories high.

§ 1^1! what a place, ^:c.— Ncwl»ur>|M»rl in general, an«l saint James his |)ork in
imrticuiar.

[Inserted verimtim.]

In 1 797, he published the second number of his autobi-
o^^raphy, and on the twenty-sixth of June, 1798, annoiniced
the completion of the third number, as follows : —

Jonathan Plummer, Jr., having published the third number of his
History, expects to .spend a few weeks in the market in order to sell it.
In this work the marvellous favour, the matchless kindness of the High-
est to the author while a poor benighted Infidel are partly displayed.'

' Ncwlrtiry|M»rl Herald ami Cnunlry (!a/.eUi!, June 26, 1 798.

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In this autobiography the author states that he taught
school in Londonderry, N. H., from 1779 to 1782, and after-
wards sold books, ballads and fruit in the streets of Newbury-
ix)rt, and made many ineffectual attempts to marry maiden
ladies and widows.

lie was a dreamer of dreams, and professed to see visions
and receive communications from the spirit world that were
startling, and, in his opinion, inexplicable. Although a devout
member of several religious organizations, he usually attended
the Sunday morning service in the meeting-house on Prospect
street, where Rev. Charles W. Milton officiated. On one oc-
casion, after a brief illness, he sent up the following note to
be read before the long prayer : —

Jonathan Plummer, Jr., desires to return thanks to the transcendently
potent Controller of the Universe, for his marvellous kindness to him
in raising him from a desperately low and perilous indisposition, to
such a measure of strength and health that he is again able with glad-
ness of heart and transporting rapture of mind, to wait at the celestial
portals of wisdom, 'i'he said IMummer also desires to give thanks to
Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end,
for his astonishing favor, his captivating mercy, and his personal regard
to him in snatching him from endless grief and everlasting woe, in a
miraculous manner; by light in dreams; for causing the day to dawn
in his heart, and the dayspring from on high to illuminate his dark and
benighted understanding ; for chasing far from him the gloomy fog of
infidelity, and enabling him triumphantly to rejoice in the glorious light
and liberty of the (jospcl wherein his blessed Redeemer has crowned
his happy life.

In the prayer that followed Parson Milton, who was an
able and eloquent preacher, addressed the throne of grace as
follows : —

O Lord, have mercy on this over-pompous brother, whose wordy rhet-
oric has just startled our ears ; save us from cant, bombast, and all the
wiles of the devil. Amen.'

* Newburypurt Herald, January 31, 1855; Nonagenarian (Miss Sarah A. Em-
ery), page 252.

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After the death of Timothy Dexter, in 1806, Jonathan
Plummer lived with his unmarried cousins, Eunice, Hannah
and Elizabeth Alexander, in a dwcllinfj^ house then standing
on the corner of High and l^^ederal streets, Newburyport.
Soon after that date, he published several small pamphlets
and a broad-side with the following title : —

The Newburyport Hurricane, liy Jonalhan Plummer, a travelling-
Preacher. An Elegiac Ode and a Funeral Sermon on Ihe deaths of
Mr. John Bernard, Jr., and Mr. Joseph Wingate, drowned near New-
Iniryporl, and Mr. John Fisher, drowned near Marblehcad on the even-
ing of Monday, the twenty-second of June, 1808, by a most tremendous
Hurricane and Tornado.

Printed for the Author and sold by him at his basket in Market
square, Newburyport.'

He also published a broad-side, containing a sermon and an
ode on the death of seventy-nine persons who died suddenly
in various towns in the vicinity of Ncwburyix>rt during the hot
weather in the summer of 181 1.'

During the last years of his life, he wrote and published
several wills that were curious specimens of enmity and folly.
One of them, purporting to be his last will and testament,
provided for the distribution of his property among certain
young ladies and widows of Newbury and Newburyport.^
None of these wills, however, were properly executed, and
were superseded by one made at a later date.

The peculiarities and singular costume of Jonathan Plummer
made him conspicuous wherever he went. In an engraving,
published in 1809, reproduced in the print on page 431, he is
represented as standing in the market-place with his basket
filled with books and pamphlets for sale.**

Enfeebled by disease, his distracted brain gave way to
strange hallucinations and led him to self-mutilation. He

1 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

' Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

' Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian, pages 252-355.

* Newlniryporl Herald and Country Gazette, Kcbruary 10, 1809.

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recovered from his wounds, however, and died, unmarried,
September 13, 18 19. Notice of his death, published in the
Newburyport Herald September 14, 1819, reads as follows:
** Yesterday afternoon Mr. Jonathan Plummer, aged 58, jwet
laureate and preacher to their majesties the sovereign people."
On the third of October following, his will, providing for
the ixiyment of ?\>^ii dollars to each of his cousins, Eunice,
Hannah and Elizabeth Alexander, and Mary Barber of New-
buryport and certain other small bequests, was disallowed,
" the testator not being of sound mind when the will was
executed.'** Two items of this will read as follows : —

It is my will that my executor shall have six hundred copies of the
Occurrences of my life printed from the manuscript which 1 may leave
at my disease and have the same bound in boards, out of the proceeds
of my estate, and the same to give or cause to be given away, not ex-
ceeding one copy in a family, and that he shall give or cause to be given
away the whole edition of this work within four years after my decease.

1 give and beipicath the remainder and residue of my estate to the
Methodist Society in Greenland, in the county of Rockingham and
state of New Hampshire, to support the Gospel, to be paid by my exec-
utor within four years after my decease.

His estate was appraised at 1^1,573. 14. Samuel Newman
was appointed administrator, and he distributed the balance
remaining in his hands, after the payment of a few small bills
for medicine, clothing, funeral expenses, etc., to the brothers
and sister of Jonathan Plummer then living (Asa, Francis,
lulmund, James and Rhoda, wife of IJaniel liradbury) and
to the legal representatives of Joseph Plummer, deceased,
and Sarah (Plummer) Marston, deceased.

^/ Jane Hooper, otherwise known as '* Madam *' Hooper,
was perhaps thirty-five or forty years of age when she came
to Newbury, in 1760. Her early history is unknown. She
taught school for a short time in the vicinity of Cottle's lane,
and attracted considerable attention on account of her pecu-
liarities and eccentricities. She was supposed to have stiper-

^ bs.scx I'roliulc Kecords, UM>k 395, leaves \\i ami 1^3.

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natural power, and her house on South, now Bromfield,
street was visited by men and women anxious to know what
the future had in store for them. As a fortune teller she
soon became famous, and sometimes startled her visitors with
statements that convinced them she was in communication
with the Prince of IJarkncss and could rely ujxm him for
assistance and support. When she appeared on the street
children ran from her frightened at her whimsical dress and
strange demeanor, but she evidently did not seek their ap-
probation nor atlcmpl lo win Iheir ronfidcncc. During the
last years of her life she was in destitute circumstances, and
was assisted by the town authorities.* She died May i6,
1798. The following notice appeared in the Newburyixjrt
Herald and Country Gazette on the eighth of June : —

Died at Ihc alms house a person known by the name of Madam
Hooper, a^cd about So, for many years a tenor lo weak and superstitious
minds, who honored her willi ihe appellation of ivitih.

Joseph Knkjut and Elizabeth Cocjsvvell, ** both of Row-
ley, Mass.," were married April 14, 1787. They had two
sons : —

Henry ('o^swell, horn in 1 7iSS. •
Kredevick, I)«»rn (Jclohcr^, 1791.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogswell) Knight, aged twenty-seven years
and three numths, died in Hampton, N. H., November 26,
1 791. Joseph Knight married, September 4, 1793, Mary
Treadwell of Ipswich, for his second wife. In November,
1793, he purchased of Moses l^rown land on the northeasterly
corner of Charter and Slate streets, Newbinyport, with the
dwelling house Ihcrcon,- where his son Anlonio was born
November 2, 1795. His wife, Mary (Treadwell) Knight,
twenty-four years old, died on the tenth of December following.

• History nf Ncwl)HryiM)rl (Mrs. K. Vnic Smith), paj;f 35; Reminiscences of a
N«iiiHj»L*nj»rian, |»nm' J 50.

* I'.sscN I)ce<ls, ImmiIv 157, Icuf 162.

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He sold his property in Newburyport,' and probably removed

to Ipswich, where he married, for his third wife, Elizabeth ;

and died in that town November 20, 1 798, at forty years of
age. Abraham Wheelwright was appointed administrator of
his estate on the third of December following, and ** Elizatetli
Young, formerly Elizabeth Knight, widow of Joseph Knight,"
was iKiid a small sum by order of the prolxitc court Septem-
ber 28, 1824.

Wade Cogswell was appointed guardian of Frederick and
Henry Cogswell Knight, and Nathaniel Wade was appointed
guardian of Antonio Knight, sons of Joseph Knight.* The
two oldest sons, Henry Cogswell and Frederick, lived with
their maternal grandfather, Dr. Nathaniel Cogswell, in Row-
ley, for ten or fifteen years, and Antonio probably remained
in Ipswich under the care of his guardian.

Henry Cogsweij, Knic.iit entered Harvard college in
1808, and remained until October, 181 1, devoting consider-
able time to literary work, and afterwards studying for the
ministry. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant
Episcopal church, and had charge of several parishes in the
vicinity of Boston, for a short time, but became dissatisfied,
and returned to Rowley, saying that he had mistaken his
calling. He published *» Letters from the South and West,"
two volumes of lectures and sermons, and several volumes of
lK)etry, at various dates between 1810 and 1830. He died
in Rowley, unmarried, January 10, 1835.J

Frederick Knight, brother of Henry Cogswell Knight,
entered Harvard college in 1807, remaining until a few months
previous to the close of his senior year, when he decided
to complete his education at the law school in Litchfield,
Conn. He had considerable literary ability, and wrote

' Essex Deeds, book 159, leaf 71.

» Essex Probate Records, I^ecemljer 3, 1 798, and February 5, 1 799.

' See f*oets of Essex County, ^mges 96 and 97.

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a number of poems and essays that were published after his
death.' The following *' Tribute of Gratitude" to Hon. J.
Phillips is from his pen : —

While shallow brooks and slender rills
Derived from rains and little hills

Go tinkling; on their way
As if they thought their noisy thanks
Would please the springs along their banks.

As shallow things as they,
Deep rivers by the mountains fed,
Kxhaustless as their fountain head,

Roll silent to the sea.>

He was not successful, however, as a lawyer, and soon re-
turned to Rowley, where he died, unmarried, November 20,
1849. He gave his wearing apparel, furniture and some of
his personal property to his brother Antonio, and provided in
his will for the erection of a marble monument, •' with a
broken harp engraved upon it,*' in memory of his brother,
Henry Cogswell Knight, deceased. The sixth item of the
will reads as follows : —

I give and bequeath to Miss Elizabeth Wheelwright of Newbur}'port,
who has been a ministering angel of mercy to me, all my manuscripts,
which are in a miserable condition, and those of my brother Henry,
which are in an excellent condition, with all my writing paper, also my
mahogany writing desk or escritoir, with all its contents ; also the sum
of fifty dollars, to be paid her in one year after my decease.

Antonio Knight, half-brother of Henry Cogswell and
Frederick Knight, entered Harvard in 181 1, but did not
graduate. He left college, and began the study of medicine
in 1813. Three or four years later, he opened an office in
Ncwburyport, and afterward in Portsmouth, N. H. He was
never overburdened with patients, but managed to live com-
fortably on a small income derived from his father's estate.

1 Thorn Cottage, or the Poet's Home, a Memorial of Frederick Knight, esq.

(1855).
• Thorn Cottage, page 71.

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Returning to Ncwbiiryport, his eccentricities soon made
him conspicuous, and his companions sometimes imposed
upon his good nature and amused themselves at his exi>ense.
He visited the public and private schools occasionally, and
frequently called at the school room on Green street, where
Albert Pike taught the elementary branches of mathematics
and philosophy.

There it was that Antonio gave his first recitations from his original
poems, and there also the idea originated of a public exhibition of the
Doctor's oratorical powers by the declamation of his own poetical pro-
ductions, lie rested his fame upon the lives of the ancient Prophets,
done in verse, and for his grand debut he selected, as a fair exhibit of
his genius and as possessed of considerable dramatic and startling ef-
fect, the Prophet Elijah. The performance was announced in the Her-
ald, and it came off in a room secured for the Doctor, by his friends, in
Market square, in a building afterwards occupied by a banking institu-
tion.> A respectable male audience assembled when Antonio, mounted on
a l>ox, with a candle bearer at each side, enthusiastically spouted his bibli-
cal effusion, eliciting throughout, and at its close, tremendous applause.
A copy was reipiested for the press and published by his friends for his
benefit.'

** Miracles of God and the Prophets," a poem in pamphlet
form, was advertised in the Herald February 20, 1829. Sub-
scrilxjrs were rajuested to call for these pamphlets ** at the
office of Dr. Antonio Knight, No. 3 1-2 l^a.st Row, Market
Square." Four years later, Doctor Knight published another
poem, ** Respectfully inscribed to Andrew Jackson, President

1 It is uncertain whether the recitation was ^ivcn in llic huildin^ on Market
8<|uarc, as stated aU)vc, or in the court house, as statetl in the fonowin)r advertise-
ment published in the Herald November 26, 1828: —

** At the (^oiJKT llousK at 7 o'cK»ck on Kriilay evening 28H« insl. there will Ik* a
l'uiil.ic Kbiikaksai. of Original I'oetry, l)y Dr. A. Knight: at the close of which
a collection will be received. A general attendance is invited.^'

• Recollections of Newburyport (No. 10), by James Morss, published in the
Herald August 6, 1864.

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of the United States of N. A.," entitled " The Invitation and
Human Passions."'

In February, 1834, he was taken to the state hospital for
the insane, but soon prevailed ui3on the selectmen of New-
buryport to allow him to return home and provide his own
food and clothing, at a cost not exceeding the amount paid
weekly for his board at the hospital. He was prudent in the
expenditure of money placed in his hands, and purchased a
small lot of land near the Eastern Railroad depot, in Rowley,
in 1847, and sul)so(|ucntly two additional lots, on which he
erected Rose cottage.^

' 'I'hc crcnlum <»( Aclain and ICve, the Sun and the Moon standing still in the
valley of Ajalon, and the casting into the furnace of Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego are dcscrilied in the following lines from the poem entitled ** Miracles
of God and the Prophets'*: —

A<lnin, of human kind the first,

Wii* made a living soul frcmi dust !

And Iwc, a rih within his side.

Was taken thence to l)e his l)ridc !

lUtth innocent and pure, till they,

Hy subtle snake, were led astray:

Which, with sweet speech, enticed Eve

The Word of (Jod to disbelieve!

Too frail, alas! and A<lam, too,

Whose yielding all their race must rue.

Sun, said Joshua, stand thou still.

And thou, Moon, too, ol)ey my will.

On Clibeon the Sun ol«y*d !

In Ajalon the Moon was stayM!

Now, for a day, changM they their shade.

Ncl>ucha<lnc7.r4ir, in his ire,
(4wl into a furnace «>( fire
Shadrach, Meshach, Alwdncgo,
Wlio would not to his idol l)Ow.
PunishM for refusidg to sin.
They came out whole as they went in ;
Protectcil by Almighty care,
It did not even singe their hair!

* Essex Deeds, book 412, leaf 122; book 461, leaf 283; and book 926, leaf 96.

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Impressed with the idea that he was endowed with super-
natural power, he applied to the General Court for liberty
to change his name to ** Emanuel." This request was not
granted, but he was authorized by chapter two hundred and
fifty-three of the Acts and Resolves for the year 1850 to take
the name, Antonio E. Knight. Four years later he was con-
sidered incapable of managing his own affairs, and a guardian
was appointed, who served in that capacity until December,
1855, when the guardianship was dissolved by order of the
probate court.

Doctor Knight was a polite and courteous gentleman, some-
times noisy and occasionally inclined to talk in a loud tone of
voice on political and religious subjects. If the train hap-
pened to stop in front of his cottage, when he was in an
excitable condition, he proceeded to address the passengers in
vigorous language, gesticulating wildly all the time, and fre-
quently waving a tall silk hat above his head, decorated with
many bright colored ribbons.

One day an express train on the way from Ncwbury|X)rt to
lioston, ran over and killed a hen and three chickens belong-
ing to Doctor Knight. Having ascertained the name of the
conductor, he wrote him as follows : —

Mr. Ckam, Dear Sir: An excellent hen and three beautiful pullets
have just been slani by the train over which you have the control. No
blame of course could be attached to any one ; but as the company are
wealthy, they will cheerfully and promptly pay the dama^^c to me, their
owner. Antonio E. Knight.

Enclosed in this note was the following itemized bill : —

Eastern Railroad Company

To Antonio E. Knight, Dr.
To an excellent hen slain by the train, % .50

To three beautiful pullets slain by the train,

25 cts. each, .75

>l.25

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Mn Cram handed the note and bill to the treasurer of the
corporation, who read them carefully, and said, " The road
will pay this bill if it never pays another," and sent a check
forthwith to the depot master in Rowley, with orders to settle
the bill without delay.

Doctor Knight married, in i860, Elizabeth Murphy, a
native of Ireland. A daughter, Hannah W. Knight, was
born January first, and died December 3, 1861. Mrs. Knight
died a few months later. Doctor Knight continued to reside
in Rowley and obtained a settlement in that town, l)aying a
poll tax there and also a tax on real estate. He considered
himself qualified to serve as governor of the commonwealth,
and sent out ballots, written by himself, with appropriate
mottoes, substantially as follows, to be used by his friends
and neighbors at the annual election : —

Love, Kigliteousness and Peace.
For Governor,
Antonio Emanuel Knight
and his Constitution of Power.

In 1872, he sent the following notice to Governor Wash-
burn : —

To Sir William B. Washburn, Commander in Chief and Head of the
Statute in Power:
I Antonio Emanuel Knight, King of Peace, Chieftain, Governor,
Mandate, Head of State, ask, demand, and humbly request your instant
surrender to a resignation in my favor. To the end that my inaugural
may be a reality on St. Lammas day, the first of August. DonH fail I

In August, 1874, Edmund Smith of Newburyport was ap-
ix^intcd /^tiardian of Debtor Knight, and lx)ard was obtained
for him in a private family in Rowley. In May, 1 877, his
dwelling house. Rose cottage, was sold at auction, and the
proceeds used to defray his personal expenses. In May,
1882, he was taken to the insane asylum in Ipswich, where
he died on the eighth of July following.

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. Kirk Boott, bom in England in 1763, came to Newbury-
port in 1825, or about that date, and occupied, for ten or twelve
years, a three-story dwelling house that is still standing on
the southeasterly side of Kent street, near Merrimack street.

He had evidently accumulated considerable property, but
had met with financial reverses, and considered it advisable to
retire from business and seek rest and recreation in a small
commercial town.

It is said that he left England on account of domestic
troubles ; that life was a burden to him there ; that he came
to America to superintend the construction of cotton spinning
machinery ; that he was interested in the building of the
lk)ott mills in Lowell in 1824; that he was impecunious and
dependent upon relatives for support. These statements are
unsupported by satisfactory evidence, and cannot be accepted
as worthy of careful investigation.

Mr. Boott made but few acquaintances in Newburyport,
and was seldom seen in places of public resort. His neigh-
bors assert that he was aristocratic in his habits, and devoted
much time to the study of science and the development of
manufacturing industries. Naturally reserved and uncommu-
nicative, he grew more and more reticent in his later years,
and in conversation avoided, so far as possible, all reference
to himself or to his early life.

November 20, 1838, the Newburyport Herald announced
the sudden death of " Mr. Kirk Boott of London, England, aged
75," and added parenthetically, " His remains are to be carried
to Boston for interment in the cemetery at Mount Auburn."

His will, dated April 20, 1838, and proved June 11, 1839,
provided that the balance of his estate, after the payment of
his just debts, should be transferred and paid over to Miss
Elizabeth Spencer, his housekeeper, ** for her sole use and
benefit.'"

The house on Kent street occupied by Mr. Boott at the

* Essex Probate Records, book 410, leaf 359. •

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time of his death was owned by the heirs of Butler Abbott,
deceased. Miss Spencer continued to live there until the
property was sold,' December i, 1845, to Hon. Albert Cur-
rier, when she removed to a house then standing on High
street, opposite the head of Market street, where the Kelley
schoolhouse now stands.

Wearing an odd-shaped poke bonnet, with a heavy black
veil, she always appeared, in public, clothed in the habiliments
of mourning after the death of Mr. Boott. Her peculiarities
attracted attention, and children on the way to school passed
her with fear and trembling.

She lived alone, occupying only two or three rooms in the
spacious house on High street built by Daniel Farnham, esq.,
previous to the incorporation of Newburyport. One dark,
cold night in mid-winter she called at the residence of Mrs.
Jacob W. Pierce, where Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (?) Toppan were
then living, and informed them that she was very ill and cold.
She was invited to remain, and a physician was sent for, but
she grew rapidly worse and died January 3, 1852.

Daniel Weed of Ipswich was appointed administrator of
her estate, and on the seventeenth of February all her house-
hold furniture, including table linen and silver ware, was sold
at auction. Some old and valuable pieces of furniture and
silver ware had evidently been in the possession of the Boott
family for several generations.*

Accused of malfeasance in office, Daniel Weed was re-
moved, and Edmund Smith of Newburyport was appointed
administrator in his place on the second Tuesday in Septem-
ber, 1853.

In the final division of the property, a small balance re-
maining in the hands of the administrator was sent, by order
of the probate court, to William, John and Thomas Spencer,
brothers of Elizabeth Spencer, residing in England, and to

* Essex Deeds, book 362, leaf 96.

* 'I1ie writer has a tail eight-day clock, purchased at this auction tale, that is in
gooil running order, although more than a century old.

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the legal representatives of Joseph and George Spencer, two
deceased brothers.

Rev. Charles William Milton, bom in London, Eng-
land, Nov. 29, 1767, was educated for the ministry in the
seminary founded by Lady Selina Huntingdon, at Trevecca,
Wales, and came, after completing his studies, in 1788, to
St. John, New Brunswick. In April, 1789, he was invited
by Rev. John Murray, pastor of the First Presbyterian church
and society, to visit Newburyport, but he considered it advis-
able to remain in the British Provinces until July, 1791, when
he sailed for Boston, Mass., and was again invited to assist in
the work of the ministry in Newburyport. He accepted the
invitation, and for nearly twelve months preached every Sun-
day with great ability and vigor to a large congregation as-
sembled in the Federal Street meeting-house. In 1 792, some
of his friends having been informed of his intended removal
to an adjoining town, persuaded him to remain and take
charge of a society afterward incorporated by the name of
the ** Fourth Religious Society in Newburyport." Meetings
were held at the residence of Mr. Anthony Morse, in Milk
street, until the meeting-house on Prospect street was com-
pleted, when Rev. Mr. Milton was installed pastor, March 20,
1794/

lie was a man of strong religious convictions and marked
individuality of character, llis sermons, abounding in (|uaint
and queer conceits, were always interesting and instructive.
Disdaining the arts of the orator, his phraseology was some-
times rough and unpolished, but his theological views were
attractively and at times eloquently presented. He six)ke
without notes, and was usually listened to with the closest
attention. One warm Sunday afternoon, however, a parish-
ioner whose Christian name was Mark, exhausted by the heat
of the day, had closed his eyes in sleep. Stopping in the
midst of an impassioned discourse, the preacher startled his

' History of Newhury|x>rt (Currier), volume I, images 280-282.

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congregation and awoke his sleeping parishioner by raising
his voice to its highest pitch and calling, *' Mark I " " Mark ! "
and after a moment's pause, continuing his exhortation, in the
words of the Psalmist, " Mark, I say, the perfect man, and
behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."

For several years prominent members of his society opposed
the use of instrumental music in the meeting-house on Sun-
day. He was appealed to by those who favored its introduc-
tion, and finally consented to the proposed innovation. The
necessary arrangements were quietly and quickly made. Vio-
lin, bass-viol and cornet players were engaged, and to the
surprise of the congregation, assisted at the morning service
on the following Sunday. Irritated by these proceedings, an
elderly and highly respected deacon rose in his seat, at the
close of the first hymn, and taking his hat, as though about
to leave the meeting-house, called out, in a voice tremulous
with emotion, " Who'll be led away by noise, — who'll be led
away by noise ? " Rev. Mr. Milton, standing erect in the
pulpit, thoroughly aroused by this unexpected interference
with the regular order of public worship, shouted, " Deacon
Goodwin, take your seat and hold your tongue, — take your
seat, I say, and hold your tongue." The energy and empha-
sis with which these words were spoken had the desired effect
upon the discomfitted deacon, who hesitated a moment, and
then, without venturing a reply, quietly obeyed the peremi>
tory command of his pastor. The service was resumed as
soon as the commotion subsided, and no further objection was
made to the singing of hymns with violin and cornet accom-
paniment.

On another occasion, after listening, with evident mortifica-
tion and disgust, to the trite and commonplace remarks of a
young minister who had been invited to preach in the Pros-
pect Street meeting-house. Parson Milton stepped forward,
at the close of the sermon, and said, with a decided emphasis
on the last sentence, " There will be divine service in this
house this evening, at candle light. / sltall preach myself ^

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He remained pastor of the Fourth Religious Society until
his death, but during the last year of his life was involved in
a bitter controversy with some of his parishioners in regard
to the appointment of a colleague to assist him in his pastoral
duties.

lie died, suddenly, at his residence on Lime street, May i,
1837, and his relatives insisted that the funeral services
should be held in the Federal Street meeting-house, although
many of his old parishioners vigorously objected.' A marble
monument in the form of an obelisk marks his last resting
place in the Old Hill burying ground, a few rods in a south-
westerly direction from the main entrance on Greenleaf street.*

The married life of Rev. Mr. Milton was not altogether
happy, it is said, owing to the violent tcm|>er of his wife, who
was accused of locking him in his room one Sunday, and de-
taining him there until released by one of his parishioners,
after the hour for morning service had expired. Other stories,
similar in character, were industriously circulated by gossip-
ing neighbors, but the fact remains that no serious quarrel
interrupted the companionship of husband and wife or de-
stroyed the peace and harmony of the family circle. All the
real and personal estate of Mr. Milton, with the exception of
a few small bequests to his daughters and to his grandson,
was bequeathed to his wife, Anna, who was named executrix
of his will.

Rev. Charles William and Anna Milton had one son and
six daughters born in Newburyix)rt, as follows : —

Selina Mary Ann, bom September, 1 792.

Anna, " October 5, 1794.

Charles William, " November 24, 1795.

Mary Ann, " May 4, 1798.

Anna Matilda, " December 27, 1799.

Mary Jane Clarissa, »• June 21,1 H03.

Lucretia Hamsly, " October 28, 1810.

' Newburyport Herald, May 27 and June 2 and 8, 1837.

' The full text of the inscription on this monument will be found on page 386
of Coffin's History of Newbury.

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The oldest daughter, named for Lady Selina Huntingdon,
died May 28, 181 8, and Charles William Milton, an only son,
died September i, 1830. Mary Jane Clarissa Milton married
Charles W. Brown May 8, 1823. Anna Matilda Milton mar-
ried Rev. Joseph Augustus Edwin Long of Hooksett, N. H.,
September 9, 1830, and Lucretia Hamsly Milton married
Thomas Brown of Newbury port March 25, 1835/

Anna Milton, widow of Rev. Charles William Milton, died
August 6, 1846, aged seventy-four. In her will, proved on
the eighth of September following, she gave one-half of her
dwelling house on Lime street, with the portrait of her late
husband, to Anna Matilda, wife ot Rev. Joseph Long, and
the otlier half of the house, with the household furniture,
etc., to Charles William Milton Brown, a grandson. She also
made a small bequest to each of her grandchildren, Selina
Ann, Thomas Augustus and George Edward Brown. Her
son-in-law, Thomas l^rown, was api>ointed executor of her
will.

Enoch Colman Toppan, a lineal descendant of Abraham
Toppan who came from Yarmouth, England, and settled in
Newbury, Mass., in 1637, was the son of Enoch and Sarah
(Colman) Toppan. He was born in Ncwburyport June 18,
1765, and married Mrs. Mary (Clark) Nichols of Greenland,
N. H., in 1 791. He owned and occupied a two-story dwelling
house on the westerly side of High street, nearly opposite
the head of Winter street, in Newburyport, and had a work-
shop on one of the wharves, near the centre of the town,
where he made pumps and blocks for householders and ship-
owners. When business was dull in Newburyport, he trav-
eled from place to place in a somewhat dilapidated wagon
drawn by an old white horse, occasionally playing, on a violin
that he carried with him, a few familiar tunes to attract atten-
tion and amuse the customers who favored him with a job.

* Thomas Hrown died June I, 1867, and his widow, Lucretia Ilamsly Brown,
died January 4, 1872.

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He was a famous rhymester, and many witty sayings were
attributed to him and published during his life-time. Some
boys, raising a kite by the wayside, called out, as he passed,
** Mr. Toppan, give us a rhyme," and cheered lustily when he
responded, "Boys, your kite, when it comes night, will be out
of sight." In answer to an appeal for help, he wrote to a
dealer in crockery ware as follows : ** Mr. Wood will you be
so good, as to let Mr. Noyes take his choice of anything he
wishes in the way of dishes and charge the same to me,
E. C. T."

James Carey, a well-known butcher in Newburyport, stand-
ing on the market house steps one day, saw " Rhymer " Top-
pan approaching, and shouted, at the top of his voice, ** Mr.
Toppan, so they say, for the meat he buys will never pay,"
but was surprised and embarrassed at the prompt reply,
*' Jimmy Carey, if that be true. Til always buy my meat of
you."

A communication, published in the Newburyport Herald
twenty-five or thirty years ago, describes the peculiarities and
eccentricities of quaint old rhymer Toppan as follows : —

I see him now, as I have often seen him, in the early morning, with
his head thrown back, carolling like a lark, with his clear alto voice, to
the rising sun, a true lover of nature, music, and his fellow man, always
cheerful and genial, and without an enemy. In his gait he was shamb-
ling, loose-jointed and careless ; but little cared he for precision. In
his shop he was a pump and block maker ; but in the streets, among his
fellows, he was the readiest rhymer of his day, always ready, pungent,
and witty. Very many of his good things were appreciated and remem-
bered, but some of the best that were uttered in my near neighborhood
are not perhaps so well known.

Moody Davis, the town weigher, a gendeman of the old school, one
of the last of his peculiar style, with his gray suit, long vest, large pock-
ets, knee breeches, with silver buckles at the knee and very large ones
in his shoes, with long queue well powdered, was standing at his store
door opposite St. PauVs churchyard, when a stranger approached and
asked him how far it was to the Rising Sun Tavern. At that moment
Mr. Davis saw our rhymer coming along. ^ Ask that man,*' saj's Davis,
** and if he doesnH answer you in rhyme I will give you a glass of gin.**

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Turning to Mr. Toppan, the stranger repeated his question, <* Can you
tell me, kind sir, how far it is to the Rising Sun Tavern ? " Promptly
came the answer, " If the distance was but little shorter, I should say
Uwas a mile and a quarter." Then turning to Davis, he added, <* Moody,
when next you promise gin, speak low or youUl get taken in."

A very worthy teamster, who followed a very slow pair of oxen in
teaming green wood from the docks, an occupation not conducive to the
highest degree of cleanliness, and whose slow gait, probably caused by
following his slow team, had given him the nickname of " Lively," one
day saw our rhymer and his dog, a fat, short-legged, but faithful crea-
ture, approaching, and concluded to try a provocative shot. " Mr. Top-
pan, I don*t know whether your dog is more like a dog than he is like
a hog. Quick as a flash came the answer :

" If my dog had but two legs.
And you had four.
He'd look less like a hog,
But you no more."

Mr. Toppan died August 22, 1845, and his widow, Mary
(Clark-Nichols) Toppan, died May 7, 1846, leaving one son
and five daughters.*

In addition to the eccentric characters described in the pre-
ceding pages, Moses Gerrish, nicknamed " Fooney " Gerrish,
was evidently one of the celebrities of the town at the close
of the Revolutionary war. Having learned the trade of a
barber, he decided to establish himself in business on his
own account. Renting a shop on State street, near Market
square, he bought a small stock of hair-dressing materials and
provided a suitable book in which to record the sales that he
hoped to make from day to day.

His first customer purchased a wig and offered to pay cash
for it, but Gerrish, pretending to be in great haste and very
busy, said, '* No matter now, I can charge it.'' After the
customer had taken his departure, the enterprising tonsorial
artist was obliged to confess that he had forgotten to ask the

' Many of the facts stated in the above sketch have been corroborated and con-
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name of the stranger, and was obliged to make, on the first
page of his new account book, the following memorandum : —

Mr.

£. s. d.
To a brown wig, i. 2. 6.

Massachusetts currency
(He rode a sorrel horse and looked like an Amesbury man.)

Another barber, conspicuous in the town at the beginning
of the nineteenth century, was William Francis, who had a
shop on the southwesterly corner of State street and Thread-
needle alley. He was a tall, well-built negro, illiterate, but
polite and fond of notoriety. To his customers, as well as
to the clever young men about town, he was known as
** Emperor " Francis. With the assistance of one of his
literary friends, he prepared the following ** proclamation,"
which was published in the newspapers of the day : —

Imi*rkial Decree.

Emperor Francis makes proclamation that he has caused his Imperial
Pole to be elevated at that elegant, spacious and commodious edifice
lately erected at great expense, and by one of the most renowned archi-
tects in this empire, in State street, Newburyport, one door above the
celebrated General Wolfe tavern, now kept by Mr. Stetson, where he
intends to carry on that once barber q\x&^ but now civilized and highly
celebrated profe.ssion, in such high repute in France and other countries,
of Hair Dressing, Hair Cutting, and Wig Making, which at a
single sight can charm.

Duly .sensible of the many favors received from the ladies and gentle-
men of this «ind other towns, he is emboldened to solicit a continuance,
and he pledges his Imperial Crown that nothing shall be wanting on his
part to render his " Dressing Academy " the agreeable resort of all his
loyal subjects, where will be found keen razors, clean linen, &c &c &c.

The Emperor farther declares in this his decree that his shop is not
blockaded, the proclamation of Bonapart or Huggins to the contrary
not withstanding.

Done at Head Quarters this 23d Floreal, i8o7.»

After the "great fire," in 181 1, Emperor Francis removed
to Worcester, Mass., and opened a barber shop there.

* Newbury ix)rt Herald, May 15, 1807.

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

REVIVALISTS, FOREIGN TRAVELERS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES.

In addition to the distinguished visitors who have been
publicly entertained in Newburyport," eminent preachers,
travelers and other celebrities have enjoyed its hospitality, in
a less formal way, at the dates named in the following
biographical sketches.

George Whitefield, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ed-
wards) Whitefield, was born in Gloucester, England, Decem-
ber i6, 1 7 14. His father was an innkeeper, and his mother
assisted in the work of providing food and lodging for travel-
ers at the Bell inn.

When young Whitefield was only two years old his father
died, leaving his mother, with several children, in needy
circumstances. She managed, however, to give her son
George a good grammar school education, and afterwards
found employment for him in the inn. I Ic developed a taste
for books and study, and decided, when he was fifteen years
of age, to re-enter the school of St. Mary de Crypt, in Glou-
cester, where he acquired a good knowledge of the Latin
classics. In 1732, he entered Pembroke college, Oxford, as
a servitor, supported in part by college funds, and remained
there until admitted to holy orders by Bishop Benson, of the
Church of England, in 1736.

Whitefield was an intimate friend of John and Charles
Wesley, and followed them to Savannah, Georgia, in 1738,
where he preached for two or three months, returning to
England in December of that year. On Sunday, January 14,

^ lljslory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 408-420.
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1739, he was ordained a priest in Christ church, Oxford, and
soon attracted attention as an able and eloquent pulpit orator.
He had a clear, sonorous voice, and a wonderful command of
it, and spoke in fields or in churches, wherever or whenever
opportunity offered, wearing always the cassock, gown and
bands of the ministers of the Church of England.

On his second visit to America he organized and estab-
lished a home for orphan children in Georgia, ten miles from
Savannah, and in March, 1740, laid the foundation for a
building which he called Bethesda, «* because he hoped it
would be a house of mercy to many souls." Early in the
month of September following he sailed from Savannah, and
on the fourteenth of that month arrived at Newport, R. I.,
on his way to Boston, Newbury, now Newburyport, and
Portsmouth, N. H. He was hospitably entertained in New-
bury, and September thirtieth, preached to a large congr^^-
tion in the meeting-house then standing in what is now known
as Market square, Newburyport. Returning from Ports-
mouth, three days later, he was received with much enthusi-
asm, and Saturday morning, October fourth, preached again
in I the same meeting-house, collecting eighty pounds for
the benefit of the home for orphan children in Georgia. Two
months later he was at the orphanage *' Bethesda," and Jan-
uary 16, 1 74 1, sailed from Savannah for England, where he
arrived on the eleventh of March.

November 14, 1 741, he married Elizabeth (Bumell) James,
a widow, about thirty-six years of age, at St. Martin's chapel,
near Caerphilly, in Wales. This marriage was not a happy
one, and the death of his wife, in 1 768, is said to have '* set
his mind much at liberty."

In August, 1744, he sailed from Plymouth, England, with
his wife, and arrived at York, Me., in the month of October
following. He was then in poor health, and during the next
two or three years made an extended tour through the Middle
and Southern states, returning to Boston in July, 1747. On
the twenty-ninth of that month, he came again to Newbury,

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now Newburyport, and preached, probably, in the meeting-
house, erected two years previous to that date, on High
street, near the corner of Federal street. Several months
later, he was in Georgia, and afterwards visited the Bermuda
islands, on his way to England, where he arrived June 30,
1748.

On his fifth visit to America he preached in Newbury on
Monday, the twenty-first, on Tuesday, the twenty-second, and
on Sunday, the twenty-seventh of October, in 1754.

Newburyix)rt was incorjwratctl February 4, 1764, and on
the twenty-second of March following he was hospitably en-
tertained in the new town by Rev. Jonathan Parsons and
others interested in evangelical work.

On his seventh and last visit to America Whitefield preached
in Newburyport on the tenth and eleventh of September,
1770, and afterward went to Portsmouth, N. H., and to York,
Me. Returning Saturday morning, September twenty-ninth,
he preached in Exeter, N. H., and came to Newburyport early
in the evening, completely exhausted by the labors of the day.
He breathed with difficulty, and after a light supper at the
residence of his devoted friend. Rev. Jonathan Parsons, he
retired to rest, but grew worse during the night, and died at
six o'clock Sunday morning, September 30, 1770. Jle was
buried in a brick vault beneath the pulpit of the First Presby-
terian mccting-housc, Tuesday afternoon, October 2, 1770.
The house in which he died is still standing in School street,
but has been converted into a tenement for two families.*

John Mukrav, afterwards known as ** Salvation" Murray,
was born December 10, 1741, in the town of Alton, county
of Hampshire, England. When he was eleven years of age
he removed with his father and other members of the family
to Cork, Ireland, where he lived for many years. After com-
pleting his education he decided to become an evangelist, and

* Life of Rev. (Jeorgc Whitefieltl, by Rev. L. Tyerman, in two volumes; also,
"OmUI Newbury:" Historical and Riographioal Sketches, pages 526-529.

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sailed for America July 21/ 1770* arriving at Philadelphia in
the month of September following. October 30, 1773, he
preached in Boston for the first time, and two or three days

later came to Newburyport in company with Mr. Little,

who lived in a house that is still standing on the northeasterly
side of School street, near the First Presbyterian meeting-
house. Concerning this visit Rev. Mr. Murray subsequently
published the following account : —

On our arrival inquiries were made at the coach side if I were there;
and on being answered in the affirmative, a crowd collected. Mr. Par-
sons, the Presbyterian minister, a venerable looking gentleman, immedi-
ately visited me and asked me many questions. Where I came from ?
what clergymen I was acquainted with ? and what credentials I couk)
produce ? During his inquiries he discovered, as it appeared to me, some
uneasiness at the idea of my preaching in his pulpit ; I therefore hastened
to inform him that I was no priest, nor approved of by gentlemen of that
order ; that I professed myself somewhat acquainted with the salvation
wrought out by Jesus Christ, and that wherever his providence called me
1 was willing to speak well of the name of the Redeemer ; but, I added,
that I had great reluctance in speaking in any place in opposition to the
wishes of the officiating minister. Mr. Parsons replied : The house was
not his, it was the property of the people, and when it was not occupied
they had an indubitable right to invite who they pleased. Speaking of
my call to preach, whether ordinary, or extraordinary, I observed I had
both ; when he petulently asked : " Pray, can you speak with tongues '*?
It is possible I may, sir, with tongues that you may not understand.
However, your question is as much against you as against me. Jesus
says, among the many signs that shall follow those who believe, they
shall heal the sick by laying hands upon them, and if they take up any
deadly thing it shall not hurt them. From these evidences, sir, perhaps
it would be as hard for you to prove yourself even a believer, as for me
to prove myself a preacher sent of God.

While we were yet conversing, the bell was rung, and a large congre-
gation assembled, among which Mr. Parsons himself attended ; and I
selected for my subject, Isaiah Iv., 10, 11. Agreeably to his earnest re-
quest, Mr. Little was my host ; and upon the ensuing morning (Satur-
day), in consequence of a very polite invitation, I breakfasted with Mr.
Parsons, and I was received by him, and his, very cordially ; his coun-
tenance brightened upon me, and he requested me to preach again in
his church on that day; nor was this all; he walked with me td the pul-

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pit, and sat with me there, while I preached preparatory to the commu-
nion upon John xv., 12. On the ensuing day (Sunday), by the request
of Mr. Marsh, who was indisposed, I preached both morning and even-
ing at his church." Several friends visited me at Mr. Little's, and we
closed the day with prayer. I was rather surprised to learn that I lodged,
at Mr. Little's, upon the very same bed in which Mr. Whitefield had re-
posed, and that I had preached in the pulpit before which he was en-
tombed. I continued in Newburyport, passing my time most pleasantly^
a second Sunday ; 1 preached, morning and evening, in the pulpit of Mr.
Marsh ; I gave frequent lectures there and in the meeting-house of Mr.
Parsons, who always sat in the pulpit with me and frequently entertained
mc most hospitably at his house. His lady appeared to merit a rank
among the most accomplished of women ; she was highly social, senti-
mental, and pleasant. The circle of my friends in Newburyport was.
very respectable. Upon a lecture evening, after I had closed, an old>
grey-headed man, a member of Mr. Parsons^ church, quitting his seat,
addressed the congregation, and in a loud voice said : " My friends, this
is a servant of the living God, who is come from a far country to pro-
claim the glad tidings of salvation. We have too long been in dark-
ness ; yea, our tongues have cleaved to the roofs of our mouths, and this
man is sent to animate and renew our faith.'* Many blessed God they
had seen and heard me ; and all this I imputed to a want of knowledge
relative to the extent of the glad tidings I promulgated. The Grace^
Union and Membership upon which I expatiated were admitted by every
Calvinist, but admitted only for the elect; and when I repeated those
glorious texts of scripture which indisputably proclaim tlie redemption
of the lost world, as I did not expressly say my brethren I receive these
texts in the unlimited sense in which they are given, — they were not ap-
prised that I did not read them with the same contracted views to which
they had been accustomed. When they became assured of the magni-
tude and unbounded result which I ascribed to the birth, life and death
of the Redeemer, their doors were fast closed against me. ...»

November 10, 1773, Rev. Mr. Murray went to Port.smouth,
N. H., where he remained several days. Returning to New-
buryport, he accepted invitations to preach in the First Pres-

* Rev. Christopher Bridge Marsh was pastor of the Third Religious Society in
Newburyport. He died December 3, 1773.

• Records of the Life of Rev, John Murray, written by himself; second edi-
tion, published by Bowen & Gushing of Boston, in 1827, pages 352-255 (Essex
Institute, Salem, Mass.).

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byterian and the North Congregational meeting-houses. A
week later, on his way to Philadelphia, he addressed a large
gathering of men and women in Faneuil hall, Boston. His
religious views and opinions attracted considerable attention,
and he was subsequently installed pastor of the Independent
Church of Christ in Gloucester, Mass., where he remained
until 1 793, when he accepted an invitation and assumed the
duties of pastor of the Universalist church in Boston. He
died in that city September 3, 1815, after a long and severe
illness.

Francois Jean Chastellux, afterwards Marquis de Chas-
tellux, was born in Paris in 1734, entered the army when only
fifteen years of age, and distinguished himself as colonel of a
regiment in the seven years' war in Germany. In 1777, he
was a major-general under Rochambeau in the American
army, commanded by Washington, and afterwards traveled
with his aide-de-camp and other military officers from Virginia,
through the Middle states, to Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. Returning to lk)ston from Portsmouth, in
November, 1782, he stopj^ed for a day and a night at the
Wolfe tavern, in Newburyport, and evidently enjoyed a
social evening at the residence of Mr. John Tracy on High
street, where he and his companions were entertained with
music and a generous supply of wine and tobacco.' The
next day he wrote in his journal : —

I left Newbury Fori the I3il> at ten in the morning, and often stopped
before I lost sight of the pretty little town, for I had great pleasure in
enjoying the diiiferent aspects it presents. It is in general well built, and
is daily increasing in new buildings. The warehouses of the merchants,
which are near their own houses, serve by way of ornament, and in point
of architecture resemble not a little our large greenhouses.

Marquis dc Chastellux sailed from Philadelphia, in 1783,
for France. He died in Paris October 28, 1788.

' Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782, by the Marquis
de Chastellux ; English edition, 1787, volume II, pages 240-249; and "Ould
Newbury:" Historical and biographical Sketches, pages 579-583.

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John Pierre Brissot de Warville, born near Chartres,
in France, January 14, 1754; studied law in Paris, and was
admitted to the bar. In 1784, he was unjustly accused of
writing and publishing a pamphlet reflecting on the queen,
Marie Antoinette, and was imprisoned in the bastile for four
months. After his release he went to London, and there
edited a quarterly review or periodical called the '* Lyceum."
Returning to Paris, he founded a society for the amelioration
and education of negroes, in 1788, and came to the United
States to study the cfTcc't of slavery on the colored race. In
October of that year, after visiting New York and Philadel-
phia, he came to Newburyport, on his way from Boston to
Portsmouth, N. H., and was entertained at the Spencer-Pierce
house, in Newbury, by Nathaniel Tracy, who was then living
there.'

On his return from Portsmouth, Brissot came by the way
of Amesbury ferry, at the mouth of the Powow river, to New-
bury, and thence to the residence of Tristram Dalton, at Pipe-
Stave hill. Two or three weeks later he was in New York,
and subsequently traveled on horseback through the Middle
states and Western territory. In 1789, he sailed for France,
and soon became an active leader m the French revolution.
With twenty other Girondists, he suffered death under the
guillotine October 30, 1793.

In 1796, the Duke de Chartres, afterwards King Louis
Philippe, speaking the language and wearing the dress of a
Danish soldier, applied to Captain Ewing of the ship "America "
and engaged passage from Hamburg to the United States.

The ship left the Elbe the 24H1 of September, 1 796, and after a pleas-
ant passage of twenty-seven days arrived at Philadelphia.'

* New Travels in the United States of America, Performed in 1788, by J. P.
Brissot de Warville; American edition, 1797, pages 354-256; and **Ould New-
bury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 342 and 553.

* France, its King, Court and Government, by Gen. Lewis Cass, page 109.

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The following notice appeared in the columns of the Co-
lumbian Centinal, published in Boston, November 2, 1796: —

In the America, arrived at Philadelphia from Hamburg, came passen-
gers L. P. B. Orleans, eldest son to the ci-devant Egalite, and Col. Fon-
tigcl>eaii, aide-de-camp to M. Do 1^ Kayettc during the American revo-
lution.

** L, P. B. Orleans," otherwise known as the Duke de
Chartres, and afterwards as King Louis Philippe, leased a
dwelling house in Philadelphia, which he occupied with two
brothers who came to the United States a month or two later.
In the summer of 1 797, he traveled with his brothers through
the Western states, and in the month of September follow-
ing came to Boston, and thence by the way of Newburyport
and Portsmouth to Portland. He probably remained in New-
buryport only a few days, but during that time rode in an
open carriage over the Essex-Merrimack bridge to Salisbury
Point, and thence along the northerly bank of the Merrimack
river to Haverhill, returning by the way of Rock's bridge and
what is now the town of West Newbury to Newburyport.*

Three or four weeks later he was again in Boston, having
in the meanwhile visited some of the principal sea-coast towns
in Maine and New Hampshire. October 21, 1797, the
Columbian Centinal published the following notice : —

The fame of Boston for the salubrity of its climate and hospitality of
it.s citizens i.s rapidly appreciating; and it annually becomes the increased
resort of foreigners and southerners of distinction. We have now as
visitors, among many others, the three sons of the late Duke of Orieans,
the Dukes of Orleans, Chartres, and Monpensier.

Louis Philippe, with his brothers, the Dukes of Orleans,
and Monpensier, remained quietly in Boston until the middle

* Kine ami I'all of TxhiIh Philip|)c, 1>y lien: Perlcy Poore, pa(;c 95.

The statement that Talleyrand, the distinguished minister of foreign affairs in
France, accompanied I^uis Philippe on this visit to Newburyport and Haverhill, it
evidently incorrect. Talleyrand came to America early in 1 794, and returned to
France in September, 1 796. I^uis Philippe did not arrive in Philadelphia uiUil
October 24, 1796.

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of November. December 10, 1797, they left New York for
Pittsburg, on their way to New Orleans and Havana, where
they took passage for France.

Matthew Thornton, son of James Thornton, was bom in
Ireland in 17 14. When two years of age he came with his
father to Wiscasset, Maine, and afterward removed to Wor-
cester, Massachusetts, where he studied medicine and surgery
with Doctor Grout of Leicester, and, in 1740, began the
practice of his profession in Londonderry, N. H. He mar-
ried Hannah Jackson, by whom he had several children.

He was president of the first provincial congress held in
New Hampshire, in 1775, and was appointed, in 1776, dele-
gate from that state to the Continental congress, then in ses-
sion at Philadelphia. He did not take his seat and was not
qualified to vote until November, but was allowed to sign the
Declaration of Indci^cndencc adopted July 4, 1776, and was
subsequently appointed a delegate to the fourth Continental
congress, and served for one year from January 23, 1777.

Two years later. Doctor Thornton removed from London-
derry to Exeter, and, in 1780, to Merrimack, N. H. His son,
Matthew Thornton, born in 1771, graduated at Dartmouth
college in 1797, studied law in Amherst, was admitted to the
bar and began the practice of his profession in Merrimack,
N. H. He died December 5, 1804, aged thirty-three.

Hannah Thornton, daughter of Doctor Thornton, married
John McGaw, and came, with her husband, to Newburyport
in 1 798 probably. She lived in a small house on Water street,
near the foot of State street, in 1803.' This house was
destroyed by the "great fire" in 181 1. Thornton McGaw,
son of John and Hannah (Thornton) McGaw, was born in
Newburyport July 24, 1799, graduated at Dartmouth in 1820,
was admitted to the bar, and afterward opened a law office in
Bangor, Maine, where he died October 5, 1859.

* Emex 1)ec<l8, Imok 171, lenf 114; lMN>k 175, leaf 20; l)ook 1891 leaves 6 anil
7; and book 278, leaf 226,

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Dr. Matthew Thornton died June 24, 1803, while on a visit
to his daughter, in Newburyport, and was buried in the grave-
yard near Lutwyche, now Thornton, ferry, in the town of
Merrimack, N. H. On his gravestone is the following in-
scription : —

"• Erected to the memory of the Hon. Matthew Thornton, Ksq., who
died June 24, 1803, aged eighty-nine years. »* The honest man."

August 28, 1885, the governor and council of the state of
New Hampshire were authorized to erect a suitable monument
to mark the last resting place of Doctor Thornton. This
monument was dedicated with appropriate exercises Septem-
ber 29, 1892, in the presence of His Excellency Miram A.
Tuttle and a large gathering of men and women prominent
in the political, professional and social life of the state, in-
cluding Dr. Warren W. Pillsbury, now an inhabitant of New-
buryport, who presided at the meeting and introduced the
distinguished speakers.

The monument of finely hammered Concord granite, about
six and a half feet square at the base and rising to the height
of thirteen feet, bears the following inscription : —

IN MEMORY OP

MATTHEW THORNTON

ONK OF THE SKJNEKS OV THE
HECLAKATION OF INDEPENDENCE
EKKCTEU liY THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSAIKE UPON A LOT
AND FOUNDATION PRESENTED
UY THE TOWN OF MERRIMACK.

Alexandre Vattemare, born in Paris Novembers, 1796,
studied surgery, and, in 18 14, went to Berlin, where he ac-
quired and developed the art of ventriloquism, and gave many
public exhibitions of his skill, imitating old men and old
women, young boys and girls, and changing his features and
his costume almost instantaneously. At the solicitation of

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many persons of distinction, he visited England in 1822, and
on Easter Monday gave an interesting and attractive enter-
tainment, in three parts, at the Adelphi theatre in London.

When Monsieur Alexandre' was in Scotland, in 1824, he
visited Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford and entertained his
distinguished host and other visitors with his unrivalled imi-
tations. When he was about to take his departure Sir Walter,
who held the office of sheriff for the county of Selkirk, has-
tily composed the following lines and handed them to the
celebrated ventriloquist : —

Of yore in old England it was not thought good

To carry two visages under one hood :

What would folks say to you ? who have faces such plenty,

That from under one hood you last night show'd us twenty I

Stand forth, arch deceiver, and tell us in truth,

Are you handsome or ugly, in age or in youth ?

Man, woman, or child — a dog or a mouse?

Or are you, at once, each live thing in the house ?

ICach live thing did I ask? — each implement, too,

A workshop in your person — saw, chisel, and screw !

Above all, are you one individual ? I know

You must be at least Alexandre and Co.

But I think you're a troop— an assemblage — a mob,

And that I as the Sheriff should lake up the job

And instead of rehearsing your wonders in verse.

Should read you the Riot Act and bid you disperse.*

In 1839, Monsieur Vattemare became interested in a plan
to establish an international exchange, and came to the
United States to secure the co-operation of the national gov-
ernment. He proix)sed to bring from the libraries of Ger-
many, rVancc and England, to this country, duplicate copies
of valuable books and pamphlets, especially government pub-
lications, and maps, engravings and manuscripts of historical
interest. At his earnest solicitation, congress, as well as

> A« a ventnloc|iiist he was known as Monsieur Alexandre; as the originator and
promoter of the international book exchange his name was Monsieur Vattemare.
'^ Scott's Poetical Works, — Lyrical and Miscellaneous Pieces.

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several state legislatures, appropriated money to organize and
develop this scheme.

He came again to the United States in April or May, 1847,
and during the following summer visited Newburyport and
was entertained at Indian Hill farm, in West Newbury, Mass.,
for several weeks, by Major Ben : Perley Poore, whose ac-
quaintance he had formed in Paris in 1 846. Although devoted
mainly to the work in which he was deeply interested, he
found time occasionally to amuse the younger members of the
household with his imitations of decrepit men and roguish
boys.

Returning to Paris, in 1849, he was disappointed to find
that the French government was not inclined to favor his
management of the international exchange. Although he had
sent three hundred thousand valuable publications to the
libraries of the United States, his methods were severely
criticised, and he considered it advisable to resign his position
and retire to private life. He died in Paris April 7, 1864.'

' Kur further detauU relating to the life of Alexandre Vattemare, lee '* Hie
Strange Career of an Artist/' published in Hours at Home C1868), volume VII,
P*ge 534.

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CHAPTER XXIX.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM NEWBURV AND NEWBURYPORT.

At the first session of the Continental congress, held in
Philadelphia September 5, 1774, Thomas Cushing, John
Adams, Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine represented
Massachusetts.

John Loweij. was cicctal a delegate and took his scat in
congress May 20, 1 782. He was the son of Rev. John Lowell,
pastor of the First Religious Society in Ncwburyport.'

Jonathan Jackson, an intimate friend and neighbor of
John Lowell, was elected May second, but did not take his
seat in congress until July 3, 1782.*

RuFUS King, then a lawyer in Newburyport, was a mem-
ber of the Continental congress in 1784, 1785 and 1786.*

The first session of congress, after the adoption of the
Federal constitution, was held in New York March 4, 1789.
Caleb Strong and Tristram Dal ton were senators from Massa-
chusetts. The long term fell by lot to Caleb Strong.

Tristram Dai-ton, son of Michael and Mary (Little)
Dalton, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May 28,
1738. In 1 791, Tristram Dalton was a candidate for re-elec-
tion to the senate, but, owing to the strong party feeling pre-
vailing at that time, was defeated and retired from public life.^

■ <*Oiil(l Newbury:*' lliiilorical nnd Hto^rraphical Sketches, pages 577-579-

* *^On\d Newbury:'* Historical and Biographical Sketches, ))ages 564-568.

' History of Newburyport (Currier), page 414. Rufus King, son of Richard
andSibbella King of Scarborough, Me., was baptized in the Second church in that
town April 6, 1755. (See New England Historical and Geneak)gical Register,
1884, page 341.)

* ** Ould Newbury:" Historical and Hiographical .Sketches, pages 477-483.

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Theophii-US Bradbury of Newburyport was elected rep-
resentative to the fourth congress, which assembled in Phila-
delphia December 7, 1795, and to the first session of the
fifth congress held in the same place in 1797/

He was bom in Newbury November 13, 1 739, graduated at
Harvard college in 1757, studied law in Boston, and commenced
the practice of his profession in Falmouth, now Portland,
Maine, in May, 1762. He married, August 26, 1762, Sarah,
daughter of Ephraim Jones. Theophilus and Sarah (Jones)
Bradbury had eight children, namely : —

Theophilus, bom in 1 763 ; married, probably, Lois Pilsbury of

Newbury Oct. 3, 1 792, and after-
wards Harriet Harris Oct. 8, 1 798.

Kranci.s, " " 1 766 ; married Hannah Jones Spooner of

Dorchester October 6, 1803.

William, " ** 1 768 ; died, unmarried, in San Domingo.

Frances, " " 1 769 ; died in infancy.

George, ♦♦ " 1770; married Mary Kent June 15, 1800.

Harriet, " ** 1773; married Thomas W. Hooper Sep-

tember 17, 1792.

Charles, " " I77S; married Eleanor Cummings of Port-
land.

Frances, " " 1777; died, unmarried, Nov. 30, 1801. »

Theophilus Parsons of Newbury was a student in Mr.
Bradbury's office, at Falmouth, for several years previous to
1774. After the destruction of that town by the British
troops in the Revolutionary war, Mr. Bradbury removal to
Newburyport, and, in 1 786, bought a lot of land and built a
dwelling house, on the northwesterly side of Green street,
which he owned and occupied until his death.*

^ At that date the towns of Salisbury, Amcsbury, Methuen, Haverhill, Andover,
Bradford, Newbury, Newburyport, Hamilton, Rowley, Ipswich, Wenham, Tops-
field and Gloucester constituted the Fourth Middle congressional district of Essex
county, Massachusetts.

> Journals of the Rev. 'lliomas Smith, edited by William Willis of Portland,
Me., page 243 note.

» Essex Deeds, book 144, leaf 137; book 153, leaf 182; and book 164, leaf

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He was admitted, with his wife Sarah, September 23, 1788,
to membership in the First Religious Society of Newbury-
port by letter from the Congregational church in Portland ;
and was a member of the Massachusetts senate in 1791, 1792,
1793 and 1794, and afterwards representative to congress
for the session beginning December 7, 1795. Soon after his
arrival in Philadelphia he sent the following interesting letter
to his daughter in Newburyport : —

PlIILADELPIlIA, Dec. 26, 1795.

Drak Hakkirt : In compliance with my promise, I now sit down to
write, and though 1 have nothing material to communicate, I am influ-
enced by the pleasure it gives me, at this distance, of conversing with
my children in the only way which I can. Last Thursday I had the
honor of dining with the President, in company with the Vice President,
the Senators and Delegates of Massachusetts, and some other members
of Congress, about 20 in all. In the middle of the table was placed a
piece of table furniture about six feet long and two feet wide, rounded
at the ends. It was either of wood gilded, or polished metal, raised only
about an inch, with a silver rim round it like that round a teaboard ; in
the centre was a pedestal of plaster of Paris, with images upon it, and
on each end figures, male and female, of the same. It was very elegant
and used for ornament only. The dishes were placed all around, and
there was an elegant variety of roast beef, veal, turkeys, ducks, fowl,
hams, &c. ; puddings, jellies, oranges, apples, nuts, almonds, figs, raisins,
and a variety of wines and punch. We took our leave at six, more than
an hour after the candles were introduced. No lady but Mrs. Washing-
ton dined with us. We were waited on by four or five men servants
dressed in livery.

Perhaps you have a curiosity to have a description of Congress Hall ;
it is a large, elegant brick building, the north end on Chestnut street.
The Representatives' room is on the lower floor. The Speaker sits in a
large armchair, with a table before him like a toilette, covered with green
cloth, fringed. The Speaker's seat is elevated about 2 feet and is on the
west side of the hall. The members* seats are 3 rows of desks, rising
one above another, in the form of a semi-circle, opposite the Speaker ;
these are writing desks, with large armed chairs with leather bottoms.
There is a lock and key to each desk and places on the desks for ink,
pens, sand, and a plentiful supply of paper. There are two fireplaces on
each side of the hall, with stoves.

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There is a good deal of room outside the semi-circle, or, as we speak,
" without the bar/' to which we introduce strangers to hear the debates,
and where considerable numbers are always in attendance, as well as in
the gallery, which is at the north end. At the south end, without the
bar, there is an area or half circle, with three large windows looking into
a large square or walk, the only mall in the city, and two doors from the
hall open into it. There are holes for the Southern and Eastern mails,
into which we deposit our letters to be carried to the Post Office by the
doorkeeper.

The Senate chamber is over the south end of the hall ; the Vice Pres-
ident's chair is in an area (like the altar in a church) at the south end. The
Senators' seats, two rows of desks and chairs, in a semi-circle, but not
raised from the floor. The floors of both halls are covered with woolen
carpets. The lower room is elegant, but the chamber much more so.
You a.scend the .stairs leading to (he chnml>cr at the nctrth end and pass
through an entry having committee rooms on each side; in that on the
east side of the Senate chamber is a full length picture of the King of
France, and in the opposite room is one of the Queen ; the frames are
elegantly carved and gilt. They are superbly dressed, with the insignia
of royalty ; hers, I think, is the finest picture 1 ever saw. She is tall
and a fine form ; her eyes are blue, and her countenance expressive ; she
approaches near to a beauty. Alas ! how little did they dream of the
dreadful catastrophe awaiting them when they sat for these pictures.
They were presented by the King.

There is a building on the east side of the hall on Chestnut street for
offices, connecting the hall with Pennsylvania state house, in which their
general court is now sitting ; this is as large a building as Congress Hall,
and these buildings form the north side of the square or mall.

But 1 suppose you are tired with my description. In my present want
of a .social domestic circle, the pleasure of it would in some measure be
supplied by letters from my children and friends, and I doubt not you
will consider this a motive for writing. You will give my sincere regards
to Maj. Hooper, and tell him that by employing a leisure hour in writing
to me he would give me great pleasure.

I am your affectionate parent,

TiiEorH Bkaduuky.

Mrs. Hoofer.*

' The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volume VIII, pages
226 and 227. Harriet Bradbury, daughter of llieophihis Bradbury, married
Thomas Woodbridge Hooper September 17, 1792. She died November 26, 1 798,
aged twenty-six.

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Mr. Bradbury was elected representative to congress for a
second term, but resigned his seat in the summer of 1797,
and was appointed one of the justices of the supreme court
of Massachusetts.' In 1803, he was unable, owing to physi-
cal infirmities, to attend to the duties of his high office, and
a committee appointed by the General Court reported, June
21, 1803, the following address to the governor : —

May it Please Your Excellency: —

The two Houses of the Legislature having taken into consideration
the present situation of the Hon. Theophilus Bradbury, ICsq., one of the
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, upon due
enquiry find that by a stroke of Palsy, on the thirteenth day of Febru-
ary A. 1). 1802, the said Judge Bradbury has been rendered unable to
perform any of the duties of his office since that time ; that from the
nature of the attack there is no reasonable ground to hope that he will
ever be restored to such health as will enable him to perform the duties
of his office, and therefore that his longer continuance therein is likely
to embarrass the Judiciary of the Commonwealth.

The two Houses, while they humbly ac(|uiesce in the dispensations of
the All-wise Governor of the World, deeply regret that the Common-
wealth, by this visitation of Heaven, has been deprived of the talents
and services of a learned, independent, and upright Judge. . . .

This re|K)rt was accepted and adopted, and Judge Bradbury
was retired to private life. He died in Newburyport Septem-
ber 6, 1 803, aged sixty-four.'

The house owned and occupied by Judge Bradbury at the
time of his death was sold by his widow and children, May
15, 181 1, to Edward Little of Newburyport, and by him con-
veyed, the same day, to Josiah Little of Newbury.' April 29,
1814, Kobcrt Jenkins bought the house,^ and sold it, June
21, 1847, to Hannah Kenny Johnson. 5 Samtiel O. Johnson,

^ Hon. Bailey Bartlctt of Haverhill elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. Bradbury, took his seat in congress November 27, 1 797.

• Newburyport Herald, .September 9, 1803.

^ Essex Deeds, IkioIc 193, leaves 171 ami 172.
^ ICsscx I)cc<Is, lKK»k 204, leaf 196.

* Essex Deeds, IxKik 384, leaf 233.

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Harrison G. Johnson and Daniel Johnson, sons of Hannah
K. Johnson, inherited the property, and sold it, January 6,
1876, to Mary Chase Toppan, who conveyed it, the same day,
to the wife and minor children of Rev. Samuel J. Spalding.'

Jeremiah Nelson, son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Mighill)
Nelson, was elected representative to congress from the
Fourth Middle district of Essex county, Massachusetts, in
1805. He was born September 18, 1768, in that part of
Rowley which was afterward set off and incorix)rated by the
name of Georgetown, graduated at Dartmouth college in
1 790, read law in 1 lallowcll, Maine, for two or three years,
when he decided to remove to Newburyport and engage in
mercantile pursuits. In 1 793, he had a dry-goods store on
State street, and afterwards became interested in the West
India trade, becoming ultimately a prominent marine and fire
insurance underwriter.

He lived for eight or ten years in a house on the south-
easterly corner of Green and Merrimack streets, with the
family of Mr. John Balch, and afterward with the same family
in a house on Merrimack street, in Newbury, near the foot of
Moody's lane, so called, now Woodland street, Newburyport.

In 1803 and 1804, he was elected representative to the
General Court of Massachusetts, and in December, 1805, took
his seat in the ninth congress of the United States, then in
session in Washington, D. C. His first term as representative
expired March 3, 1807.

He was chairman of the board of selectmen in Newbury-
|iort at the time of the great fire, in 181 1, and was again
elected representative to congress in 1815, and re-elected in
1817, 1819, 1821 and 1823, holding his seat from the fourth
of December, 181 5, to the third of March, 1825. Among
the distinguished men who represented Massachusetts in the
capitol at Washington, at that date, was Daniel Webster, who

1 Essex Deeds, book 946, leaves 117 and 118.

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was a member of congress, from the city of Boston, for the
session banning December i, 1823.

Mr. Nelson was elected treasurer of the Institution for
Savings in Newburyport and Vicinity in 1827, and president
of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company in 1829.
He married, April 11, 1831, Mary, daughter of John and
Eunice (Baitlett) Balch, and leased the three-story brick
dwelling house on the northeasterly comer of Green and
Harris streets, where he lived until his death. He was
elected representative to the twenty-second congress, and took
his seat at the second session in December, 1832. In a letter
to his wife, written soon after his arrival in Washington, he
describes his first experience in traveling by rail, from New-
castle to Frenchtown, then a new method of transportation
in the United States, and, in February, 1833, he wrote that
he had listened to the debate in the senate between Calhoun
and Webster in regard to the enforcement of the revenue laws
in South Carolina. His term of service as representative
expired March 2, 1833. After that date he devoted his time
and attention to preparing and presenting to the government
at Washington the claims of ship-owners and merchants whose
vessels had been captured and confiscated by French priva-
teers, during the war between France and England, in 1 798.
He died in Newburyport October 2, 1838, and was buried in
Oak Hill cemetery, leaving a widow, two daughters and two
sons.'

Mr. Nelson was seven years old when the Revolutionary
war began. When he died the government of the United
States had been established for more than fifty years, and

' Mary, daughter of John and Eunice (BartleU) Balch, Imrn April 17, 1800,
married Jeremiah Nelson April 11, 1 831, died February i, 1882.

The following-named chiklren of Jeremiah and Mary (Balch) Nelion were liom
in Newburyport: —

Mary Balch Nelson, bom May 29, 1832; died June 27, 1887.

Elizabeth Mighill Nelson, ** Februarys, 1834; died June 14, 1851.
Jeremiah Nelson, <* January 12, 1 836.

John B, Nelson, *< January 3, 1839.

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now, at the beginning of the twentieth century, his two sons,
Jeremiah and John B. Nelson, are still living in Newbiiryport.

His portrait, painted by Thomas B. I^wson, reproduced
in the half-tone print on the preceding page, is now in the
possession of the Old Newbury Historical Society.

In 1839, his widow purchased a dwelling house on the
corner of High and Fruit streets, which she owned and
occupied until her death, February i, 1882.*

Edward St. Loe Livermore, son of Samuel and Jane
(Browne) Livermore, was elected representative to congress
from the Fourth Middle district in 1807. He was bom in
Portsmouth, N. H., April 5, 1762, and was reading law in the
office of Theophilus Parsons, in Newburyport, when he was
eighteen years of age. In 1783, he was admitted to the bar,
and opened a law office in Concord, N. H., where he married
Mehitable, daughter of Robert Harris, and lived for ten
or fifteen years. Edward St. Ix)c and Mehitable (Harris)
Livermore had five children born in that town.

In 1797, Mr. Livermore was apix)intcil judge of the supe-
rior court of the state of New Hampshire, but resigned in
1 798 to accept an office in the custom house at Portsmouth.

May 2, 1799, he married, for his second wife, Sarah
Creese, daughter of William Stackpole of Boston. Seven
children were bom to Edward St. Loe and Sarah Creese
(Stackpole) Livermore at the following-named dates : —

Edward St. Loe, born in Portsmouth Feb. 12, 1800.

Elizabeth Brown, " " Boston January 2, 1804.

William Stackpole, " *♦ " June 24,1805.

George Williamson, " " Newburyport Jan. 1 7, 1 807.

Grace Ann, " " •• June i, 1809.

Arthur Brown, ** '' Boston June 11, 1811.

Ann Grace, " " " Dec. 24, 1812.

In 1803, Mr. Livermore probably removed to Boston, and
two or three years later came to Newburyport, and was elect-

* History of Newburyport (Currier), pages 236 ami 237 note.

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ed representative to the General Court for the sessions
beginning May 29, 1805, and May 28, 1806. In December,
1805, be purchased a dwelling house and land on the north-
westerly corner of Brown and High streets, in Newbury, now
Newburyport, which he owned and occupied for six years/

October 26, 1807, he took his seat as representative from
the Fourth Middle district of Essex county, Massachusetts,
to the tenth congress for the term ending March 3, 1809.
He was re-elected, and served from May 22, 1809, to March
3, 181 1. In the month of April following he sold his house
and land in Newbury, and removed to Jioston.

Three or four years later he went with his family to Zanes-
ville, Ohio, intending to practice law there, but finding the
conditions unfavorable, he returned to Massachusetts and
purchased a farm, near the junction of the Concord and
Merrimack rivers, in Tewksbury, now Lowell, where he died
September 15, 1832.

JIarriet Livermore, daughter of Edward St. Loc and
Mehitable (Harris) Livermore, born in Concord, N. IL, April
14, 1788, came to Newburyport with her father, stei>-mother,
and other members of the family in 1805. She attended
school at the Female Seminary in Byfield, and afterwards at
a private academy in the town of Atkinson, N. H. In 1807,
she accompanied her father to Washington, and attended
many fashionable balls and dinner parties while congress was
in session. When Mr. Livermore sold his house in Newbury,
now Newburyport, his daughter Harriet went to East Haver-
hill, Mass., opened a private school there, and was afterwards
an assistant teacher in the district school. •• The devout
manner in which she taught the pupils to repeat the Lord's
prayer and the one hundred and nineteenth psalm was never
forgotten by them.'*

In 1825, she abandoned teaching, and, assuming the name
of ** The Pilgrim Stranger,*' went from town to town speak

1 See chapter XIX, page 6i.

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ing in school houses, churches, or in the open air, as opjwr-
tunity offered, on the second coming of the Messiah and the
fulfilment of the prophecies of St. John.

Sunday morning, January 8, 1827, she preached to a large
audience in the hall of the house of representatives in
Washington, D. C, from the text, ** He that ruleth over men
must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as
the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning
without clouds : as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain."* John Quincy Adams, president
of the United States, Hon. James Barbour, secretary of war, and
many distinguished members of congress listened attentively
to the sermon, which occupied more than an hour in the
delivery. In the month of September following she S|X>ke
earnestly and eloquently to an immense congregation assem-
bled in Tammany hall. New York City.* She believed that
she was to be one of the two witnesses who were to be slain
in the Holy City, lie unburied in the streets three days and a
half, and then be made alive again and taken up, in a cloud,
to heaven. She visited Egypt, Syria and l*alestine, spending
nearly sixteen years of her life in that region. Returning to
the United States in 1862, from her last visit to Jerusalem,
she found that property left for her in trust had been lost by
bad investments. For several years after that date she lived
in the vicinity of Philadelphia, dependent on friends and rela-
tives for support. She died in the Blockley almshouse in
West Philadelphia, March 30, 1868, and was buried in a lot
owned by her friend, Mrs. Margaret F. Worrell, in the
Dunkers* cemetery at Germantown.^

In ** Snow liound " one of the visitors who came occasion-
ally to the old Whittier homestead is descril)ed as follows : —

* II .Samuel, chapter XXIII, verses 3 and 4. Newl>ury|M>rt Ileraltl, January 19
ami 23, 1827.

••* Newburyport Herald, September 21, 1827.

•The Essex Antiquarian, volume V (1901), pages 7-9; and (Ileanings from
Merrimack Valley by Rebecca I. Davis (Sheaf number one), pages 11-39.

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Another guest that winter night
Flashed back from lustrous eyes the light.
Unmarked by time, and yet not young,
The honeyed music of her tongue
And words of meekness scarcely told
A nature passionate and bold,
Strong, self-concentred, spuming guide.
Its milder features dwarfed beside
Her unbent wilFs majestic pride.
She sat among us, at the best,
A not unfeared, half welcome guest.
Rebuking with her cultured phrase
Our homeliness of words and ways.
A certain pard-like, treacherous grace
Swayed the lithe limbs and dropped the lash,
Lent the white teeth their dazzling flash ;
And under low brows, black with night,
Rayed out at times a dangerous light ;
The sharp heat-lightnings of her face
Presaging ill to him whom Fate
Condemned to share her love or hate.
A woman tropical, intense
In thought and act, in soul and sense,
She blended in a like degree
The vixen and the devotee.
Revealing with each freak or feint
The temper of Petnichio's Kate,
The raptures of Sicnna\s saint.
Her tapering hand and rounded wrist
Had facile power to form a fist ;
The warm, dark languish of her eyes
Was never safe from wrath ^s surprise.
Hrows saintly calm and lips devout
Knew every change of scowl and pout ;
And the sweet voice had notes more high
And shrill for social battle-cry.

Since then what old cathedral town

Has missed her pilgrim staff and gown.

What convent gate has held its lock

Against tlie challenge of her knock 1

Through .Smyma^s plague-hushed thoroughfares.

Up sea-set Malta's rocky stairs.

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Gray olive slopes of hills (hat hem

Thy tombs and shrines, Jerusalem,
Or startling on her desert throne
The crazy Queen of Lebanon
With claims fantastic as her own,
Her tireless feet have held their way ;
And still, unrestful, bowed and gray,
She watches under Kastem skies,

With hope each day renewed and fresh.

The Lord's quick coming in the flesh,
Whereof she dreams and prophecies !

In the preface to this poem, published in his complete
poetical works, Whitticr wrote as follows : —

The " not unfeared, half welcome guest,** was Harriet Livermore,
daughter of Judge Livermore, of New Hampshire, a young woman of
fine natural ability, enthusiastic, eccentric, with slight control over her
violent temper, which sometimes made her religious profession doubtful.
She was equally ready to exhort in school-house prayer-meetings and
dance in a Washington ball-room, while her father was a member of
congress. She early embraced the doctrine of the Second Advent, and
felt it her duty to proclaim the Lord's speedy coming. With this me.v
sage she crossed the Atlantic and spent the greater part of a long life in
travelling over Europe and Asia. She lived some time with Lady Hes-
ter Stanhope, a woman as fantastic and mentally strained as herself, on
the slope of Mt. Lebanon, but Anally quarrelled with her in regard to
two white horses with red marks on their backs, which suggested the
idea of saddles, on which her tilled hostess expected to ride into Jeru-
salem with the Lord. A friend of mine found her, when (|uite an old
woman, wandering in Syria with a tribe of Ai-abs, who, with the Oriental
notion that madness is inspiration, accepted her as their prophetess and
leader. At the time referred to in Snow Bound ^ht was boarding at the
Rock's Village, about two miles from us.

Daniel Appleton White, born in that part of Methuen
now within the limits of the city of Lawrence, was a lawyer
in Newburyport in 1804. November 7, 18 14, he was elected
representative to congress, but tlitl not take his .seat, having
accepted, in May, 181 5, the office of judge of probate for Essex
county. He removed to Salem in 1 8 1 7, where he died in 1 86 1 . •

1 See chapter XXIII, page 271.

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Caleb Gushing was elected representative from the Third
Massachusetts congressional district in November, 1834. The
news of his election was received by the inhabitants of New-
buryport with unusual demonstrations of joy, which were
continued through the night and the early morning hours of
the next day.

Our town was in an uproar all night, and Mr. Gushing, after having
been apprised of his election, was invited to go down to the Phenix
Hall, where the Whigs were assembled to receive him. He addressed
ihcm in a very e1o(|ucnt manner, and then was hauled home in one of
Shawns carriages by a long procession of men and boys, who lodged
him safely in his home with great shouting. Mr. Gushing, I understand,
was quite unwilling to be conveyed home in this manner, but the excite-
ment was so great he was in a manner compelled to do so. In fact, we
were all, as a town, compelled to hear the air rent with shouting most of
the night from the Whigs, who rode about in their carriages, from street
to street, making the greatest uproar you ever heard. We were all so
rejoiced to give Mr. Gushing .so large a vote that we considered it a small
privation to go without sleep for one night, and the day after to hear
a salute of one hundred cannon, accompanied with the ringing of bells.
I doubt not we shall now be handsomely and respectably represented.*

Mr. Gushing at that date was a young man of great ability,
with considerable political experience, having previously made
several unsuccessful attempts to secure an election to the
national house of representatives, and when victory was
assured his friends were naturally highly elated.

He was the son of John Newmarch and Lydia (Dow)
Gushing, and was born in Salisbury, Mass., January 17, 1800.
His parents removed to Newburyport when he was only two
years of ngc. Several years later, he attended a private
school kept by Michael Walsh, a famous teacher of that day,
and entered Harvard college in 181 3, graduating in 1817.
Gontinuing his studies at the Gambridge law school, he was
admitted to the bar in 1821, and opened an office for the
practice of his profession in Newburyport.

* letter from Mm. Mary (Halch) Nelson, <lated Newburyport, November 15,
1854, to her husbanil, lion. Jeremiah Nelson, in Washington, D. C.

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November 23, 1824, he married Caroline Elizabeth Wilde,
daughter of Hon. Samuel S. Wilde, one of the justices of the
supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, and was elected
representative to the General Court for the session beginning
May 25, 1825, and afterward for the session beginning May
28, 1828.

In 1829, accompanied by his wife, he visited France, Spain
and other European countries. His wife died August 28,
1832, leaving no children, and was buried in the New Hill
burying groimd, Newburyport. Letters describing her jour-
ney through France and Spain were published in two volumes,
after her death, by Ephraim W. Allen & Co.

Mr. Cushing did not marry again, but devoted his time and
attention to political affairs. In 1833 ^^^d 1834, he was a
representative to the General Court of Massachusetts from
Newburyport, and December 7, 1835, ^^^^ ^*s seat in the
house of representatives at Washingt<m, D. C. lie was three
times re-elected, and at the close of his fourth term, in 1843,
was appointed commissioner to China, a position he held for
two years.

At the session of the General Court beginning January 6,
1847, Mr. Cushing represented Newburyport, but resigned on
the first day of February to take command of a regiment
organized for service in the Mexican war.

In 18^2^ he bought a three-story dwelling house on High
street, in Newbury, and in 185 1 represented the inhabitants
of that town in the legislature. At his suggestion, and under
his leadership, an act annexing a i:)art of the town of Newbury
to Newburyport was passed April 17, 1851. On the twenty-
fourth of June following, he was inaugurated mayor of the
city of Newburyport. In May, 1852, he accepted the office
of associate justice of the supreme judicial court of Massa-
chusetts, and in March, 1853, was appointed attorney-general
of the United States. After four years residence in Wash-
ington, he returned to Newburyport, and was elected, in 1857,
representative to the General Court for the session beginning

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January 6, 1858, and re-elected the next year, for the session
beginning January 5, 1859.

He was president of the National Democratic convention
held in Charleston, S. C, in April, i860, and presided at the
adjourned meeting held in Baltimore, Md., in the month of
July following. He took an active part in the fierce political
contest that followed, and earnestly advocated the election of
John C. Breckenridge to the office of president of the United
States.

At the beginning of the Civil war he offered to enlist for
three years' service in a Massachusetts regiment, but this
offer was rejected by Governor Andrew for iK)litical reasons.
Fn 1862 and 1863, he was again elected representative to the
General Court from NewburyiK>rt, and actively engaged in
legislative work. His knowledge of international law made
him a useful adviser of the several departments of the govern-
ment at Washington, and he was appointed to many positions
of honor and trust soon after the close of the war.

As one of the counsel apiK)inted to present the claims of
the United States against Great Britain, before the tribunal
of arbitration assembled at Geneva in 1872, he astonished
and delighted all who were associated with him, and on his
return to the United States published a volume entitled,
*' The Treaty of Washington, its Negotiation, Execution, and
the Discussions Relating Thereto," in which he severely
criticised the conduct of the British arbitrator, Sir Alexander
Cockburn, and the reasons assigned by him for dissenting
from the decision of the tribunal.

In 1874, he was nominated by President Grant to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of the chief justice of the
supreme court of the United States, but objections were
urgcxl against his conlirmation on |X)litical grounds, and at his
request the nomination was withdrawn, and he was apix)inted
minister to Spain. For three years he attended to the duties
of his office at the court of Madrid, resigning in February,
1877, and returning to Newburyix>rt a few months later.

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Although nearly four-score years of age, he was strong and
vigorous until a few days previous to his death, which
occurred January 2, 1879/

rioN. Ehf.n 1^". Stonr of Ncwburyix)rt was elected repre-
sentative to the forty-seventh congress, and took his seat at
the session beginning December 5, 1881. He was re-elected
in 1882 and 1884, and served until the close of the forty-
ninth congress, March 3, 1887. The story of his life, briefly
told, is as follows.

Kben Francis Stone, son of Kbenezer and Fanny (C(H)I-
idgc) Stone, was born in Newburyix>rt August 3, 1822. He
graduated at Harvard college in 1843, ^^^ attended the Har-
vard law school for the next two or three years. In 1846, he
was admitted to the bar, and soon after opened a law office in
Newbury|X)rt. He was president of the common council
when the fnsl city government of Newburyport was organ-
ized, in June, 185 1, and was elected senator from the Fourth
Essex district, in the state of Massachusetts, for the years
1857, 1858 and 1861.

In November, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the Forty-
Eighth regiment of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, and
was ordered to join the Nineteenth army corps, under Gen-
eral I5anks, at the mouth of the Mississippi river. The regi-
ment under his command participated in the engagements
that resulted in the capture of Port Hudson in June, 1863.

When his term of service expired, Colonel Stone returned
to NewburyiK)rt, and resumed the practice of law. In 1867,
1877, 1878 and 1880, he represented Newbury|X)rt in the
state legislature. In 1881, he took his seat in the house- of
representatives at Washington, as above stated. At the
close of his congressional career he did not feel inclined to
take up the ordinary work of an attorney-at-law, but devoted
his time to the trial of a few important cases and to the study

' Kf)r further delails relalinj; tn the life and attainniciiLs of lion. Caleb dishing,
JHJC '• Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 664-671.

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of social and political questions in which he was particularly
interested. His wife, Harriet (Perrin) Stone, died December
31, 1889. He died January 22, 1895. Hon. William D.
Northend of Salem, Mass., delivered an appropriate memo-
rial address on the life and character of Hon. Eben F. Stone,
at the meeting house of the First Religious Society in
Newburyport, April 21, 1895.'

* For further details, ace the above-mentioned address; and ** Oiild Newbury :''
Historical and Uio^jraphical Sketches, |Migcs 691-699.

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SENATORS RI.ECTRI) l-ROM NEWBURY, NEWBURYPORT AND
WEST NEWBURY.

The names of the representatives, elected to the General
Court by the legal voters of Newburyport, from 1764 to
1906, will be found on pages 678-685 of the first volume of
this history. The list there printed is believed to be correct,
except that the representatives (or the session beginning Jan-
uary 6, 1892, should be Arthur C. Richardson and Eben S.
Dole, instead of Arthur C. Richardson and Nathan N. With-
ington.

The constitution of the state of Massachusetts, adopted in
1780, provided for the annual election of six senators from
Essex county. The following-named persons, residing in
Newbury or Newburyport, were elected, with senators from
other towns in the county, for the yiears designated.

For the session begiiniiufr Senators.

Ocl. 25, 17.S0, Jniiatlian (freenlcaf.'

May 30, 1781, Jonathan (ircenleaf.

" 29, 1782. Jonathan Greenleaf.

" 28,1783, NathanielTracy.

•* 26, 1784, Tristram Dalton.*

" 31, '786, Tristram Dalton.

" 30, 1787, Tristram Dalton.

" 28,1788, Tristram Dalton.

«« 27,1789, Jonathan Jackson.

" 26, 1790, Jonathan Greenleaf.

" 25,1791, Jonathan Greenleaf and

Theophilus Bradbury.

1 Jonathan Greenleaf and other senatoni named in this list resided in Newburyport
unless otherwise designated.

* No senator for Newbury or Newburyport was elected for the session beginning
May 25, 1785.

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For the session begitmitig Senators

May 30, 1 792, Theophilus Bradbury.

" 29, 1793, Theophilus Bradbury.

" 28, 1 794, Theophilus Bradbury. •

" 31 1 i797i Ebenezer March, Newbury.

" 30, 1 798, Ebenezer March, "

" 29, 1 799, Ebenezer March, ♦«

*« 28, 1800, Ebenezer March, *«

»* 27, 1801, Enoch Titcomb.

** 26, 1802, Enoch Titcomb.

" 25, 1803, Enoch Titcomb and

Dudley A. Tyng, Newbury.

" 30, 1804, Enoch Titcomb.

** 29, 1805, Enoch Titcomb.

" 28, 1806, Enoch Titcomb.

** 27, 1807, Enoch Titcomb.

" 25, 1808, Enoch Titcomb.

" 31, 1809, Enoch Titcomb.

" 30, 1 8 10, Daniel A. White.

" 29,1811, Daniel A. White.

*» 27, 1812, Daniel A. White.

" 26, 1813, Daniel A. White.

" 25, 1814, Daniel A. While.

" 3I1 i^'Si Stephen Hooper, Newbury.

** 29, 1816, Stephen Hooper, **

" 28,1817, William B. liannister.

«* 27, 1 8 18, William B. Bannister.

" 26, 1819, William B Bannister.

" 31, 1820, Ebenezer Moseley.

*• 30, 1821, Ebenezer Moseley.

" 29,1822, Edward S. Kami. 2

" 31, 1826, Caleb Cushing.

" 30, 1827, John Merrill.

«* 28, 1828, John Merrill.

" 27, 1829, John Merrill.

" 26, 1830, John Merrill.

" 25, 1831, Ebenezer Bradbury.

Jan. 4, 1832, Ebenezer Bradbury.

' No senators from Newlniry or Ncwburyport were clectetl for the
beginning May 27, I795» and May 25, 1796.

^ No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were elected (or the sessions
beginning May 28, 1823, May 26, 1824, and May 25, 1825.

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^or the session beginning

Senators

Jan.

2, 1833,

William Nichols.

I, i«34,

William Nichols.

7, 1835,

George Lunt.

6, 1836,

George Lunt.

4, 1837,

Daniel Adams, 3d,

Newbury.

3, 1838,

Daniel Adams, 3d,

2, 1839,

Josiah Little,

1, 1840,

Josiah Little,

6, 1841,

Henry W. Kinsman.

4, 1843*

Stephen llsley.

7, '846,

Dennis Condry,

Newbury.

6, 1 847,

Dennis Condry,

5, 1848,

Charles H. Balch.

3, 1849,

Charles H. Balch.

7, 1852,

Albert Currier.

5. «853,

Micajah Lunt.

4, 1854,

Isaac II. Hoanlman.

7, '857,

ICben V. Stone.*

6, 1858,

Khcii F. Stone.

2, 1861,

Eben F. Stone.

2,1867,

Albert W. Stevens.

I, 1868,

Charles C. Dame.

6, 1868,

Richard Plumer.

3i 1872,

David T. Woodwell

I, 1873,

David T. Woodwell.

5, 1876,

Haydn Brown, West

Newbury.

3, 1877,

Haydn Brown, "

7, 1880,

Warren Currier.i

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' No nenators from Newlniry or Ncwburyix>rt were elected for the sessions
beginning January $, 1842, January 3, 1844, January i, 1845, January 3, 1850,
January i, 1851, January 3, 1855, and January 2, 1856.

* July 30, 1857, Essex county was clivitled into five senatorial districts. The city
of Ncwhury|)ort anil the towns of Aiiicslniry, lirailforcl, Georgetown, Grovelantl,
Newlniry, Salisbury and West Newbury formed the Fourth Essex district. No
senators from Newbury or Newbury|»ort were elected for the sessions 1)eginning
January 5, 1859, January 4, i860, January i, 1862, January 7, 1863, January 6,
1864, January 4, 1865, January 3, 1866, January 5, 1870, January 4, 1 87 1, Janu-
ary 7, 1874, January 6, 1875, January 2, 1878, January i, 1879, January 3, 1883,
January 7, 1885, and January 6, 1886.

^ April 27, 1876, Essex county was divided into six senatorial districts, and the
city of Newburyport, with the towns of Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, 5)alisbury,
Amesbury and West Newbury forme<1 the Fourth Essex district.

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Ion be^nning

Senators

5, 1881,

Joseph N. Rolfe, Newbury.

4, 1882,

Joseph N. Rolfe, "

2. 1884,

Albert Currier.

5. 1887.

John J. Currier.*

6, 1892,

Edward P. Shaw.

6, 1892,

Luther Dame,' Newbury.

4, 1893,

Edward P. Shaw.

4. 1893.

Luther Dame,» Newbury.

5. J898»

Charles O. Bailey,3 "

4, i«99.

Charles O. Bailey, "

6, 1904,

Moody Kimball.J

4, 19051

Moody Kimball.

2, 1907,

James F. Shaw,4 Manchester.

1, 190.S,

Jnmcs V. Shaw, '*

6, 1909,

James !•'. Shaw, **

' June 29, 1886, the senatorial districts were re-arranged. The city of Ffaver-
hill, the towns of Amesbury, Merrimac and Salisbury and wards three, four, five
ami six of the city of Newhuryport were assigned to and included in the
Fourth l«^8ssex district, while the city of (Jloucester, the towas of Vju&x^ Hamilton,
I|)swich, Manchester, Newbury, Kockport, Rowley, Topsfield and West Newbury
and wards one and two of the city of Newburyport were taken to form the Third
Essex district. No senators from Newbury or Newlmryport were elected for the
years 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891.

* Senator from the Third Essex district. No senators from Newbury or New-
buryport were elected in the Third or Fourth Essex districts for the years 1894,
1895, 1896 and 1897.

^ 5^nator from the Third Essex district. On and after June 6, 1896, the city of
Haverhill and the towns of AmeslHiry, Hra<lford, (Georgetown, (iroveland, Merri-
mac, Salisbury and West Newbury constituted the Fourth Essex district, and the
cities of < Gloucester and Newbury|N)rl, and the towns of I'jtsex, lloniilton, l|Mwich,
Manchester, Newluiry, Kockport, Kowley and Wenham constituted the Thirtl
Essex lUstrict. No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were electe<l for the
years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1906.

^ Mr. Shaw, senator from the Third Essex district, was bom in Newburyport,
but resided in Manchester at the date of his election.

Since June 18, 1906, the city of Haverhill and the towns of Amesbury,
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, Middleton and Peabody have formed
the Fourth Essex district, ami the cities of (Gloucester and Newburyport and the
towns of Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Kockport, Rowley,
Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham and West Newbury the Third Essex district.

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II.

In addition to the books and pamphlets described in Chap-
ter XIII, pages 471 to 500, of the first volume of this
history, some earlier and some later publications have been
examined recently and the following title-pages carefully
copied and reprinted for the information of readers interested
in the subject of bibliography.

The Sacrifice of the Wicked explained and distinguished | in two dis-
courses I ****** I By Joseph Dana A. M. | Pastor of the South Church
I in Ipswich | Newburyport | Printed and sold by John Mycall 1 782. ■

* Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

' Rev. Paul CofTin, son of Col. Joseph Coffin of Newbury, was ordained pastor
of the first church in township No. i, on the Saco river, now Huxton, Mc., March
16, 1763.

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Notes I By Robert Lowth, D. D. | Lord Bishop of Oxford | Newbury-
port I Printed and sold by John Mycall | MDCCLXXXIU."

The I Fair Hibernian | [A Novel published in Dublin Ireland] | Re-
printed in Newburyport j By George Jerry Osl>ome | Market Square |
MDCCXCIV.*

1 Eisex Institute, Salem, Mass.

* Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.; second edition, printed in Salem in 1807 by
Joshua Gushing.

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497

Catalogue of the Haverhill Library printed in Newburyport by Blunt
& March, I796.»

The Bank of Faith | William Barrett publisher | Newburyport | 1797.3

Doctor Watts^ Plain and Easy Catechisms for Children | Edmund M«
Blunt, publisher | 1797.4

January 30, 1798, Angler March announced the publication
of " A Journal of the Captivity and Sufferings of John Foss,
several years a prisoner at Algiers," and on the twentieth of
November following advertised for sale " the second edition
greatly enlarged and corrected. "^ The first edition of this
lx)ok, consisting of a thousand copies, was exhausted in a few
months. It probably did not contain the ** Algerine Slaves,
a poem by a citizen of Newburyport,'* published in the second
edition.^

The Duties of Gospel Ministers and Hearers | Represented in the
substance of two | Discourses { delivered December 2nd 1798 | Being

> Kmex Institute, Salem, MaKS.

* These sernif>ns were reprinted in 1809 hy Thomas & Whipple (see History of
Newlrtiry|>ort (Currier), vohmic I, paKC497)«

■** Advertised in the Ncwbury|K)rt Herald in May, 1797*
*• Advertised in the Newburyport Herald in July, 1797.

* History of Ncwburyjwrt (Currier), volume I, page 492.

' The author of this poem is unknown. Possibly lliomas Paine, a student-at-
law with Theophilus Parsons in 1798, may have written it. In 1803, the name of
'Hiomas Paine was changed to Robert Treat Paine, by order of the General Court
of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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the next Sabbath after the Installation | By Rev. Samuel Tomb | Pastor of
the 2nd Church and Parish in Newbury | Published at the request of many
hearers | * * * [ Printed at Newburyport by Edmund M. Blunt 1799.

A I Solemn Call | to the | Citizens of the United States | By a citizen
of Newburyport | Printed and sold by Angier March, Middle street,
Newburyport. [no date.] [A poem of eleven pages, probably printed in
the year 1800.]

* Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

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499

III 1815, William B. Allen & Co. published the following
(lascribed books and pamphlets : —

The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the New Eng-
land States convened at Hartford December 15, 1814.

' This sermon was first printed and sold by Edcs & Gill, in Queen street, Bos-
ton, in 1760.

* Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

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The Little Reader, a new Spelling Book of easy lessons in Spelling
and Reading. Designed principally for the Use of Female Schools.
By James Pike, author of the English Spelling Book.

Sermon by Rev. Isaac Braman at the Ordination of the Rev. Gardiner
B. Perry at Groveland, Mass.

History of England from the earliest period to the close of the year
1812, by J. Bigland, with an Appendix: l>eing a Continuation to (he
Treaty of Paris by an Amcricnn (Gentleman.

The Catechism of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America * * ♦
with some additions by James Morss, Rector of St. PauPs Church, New-
buryport.

Other books and pamphlets, published by Charles Whipple^
W. & J. Gilman and others, at a later date, have title-pages
as follows : —

Catalogue of Books | in the | Newburyport Circulating Library |
Kept at I Charles Whipple's | Bookstore No. 4 State Street Newbury-
port I ... I 1816

Miracles | of | God and the Prophets | By Dr. Antonio Knight | New-
buryport I 1829

^ These letters were written by Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth (Wilde) Cushing, wife
of Caleb Cushing, and published a few years previous to her death.

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501

The Amaranth has for a frontispiece an engraving of the
cenotaph erected to the memory of Rev. George Whitefield,
in the First Presbyterian meeting-house on Federal street in
Newburyport, and contains vcrsas and prose sketches with
titles as follows : —

Hampton Beach, by George Lunt.

The Empaled Butterfly, <* Hannah F. Gould.

A Story of Delhi, " Thomas M. Clark.

Rev. George Whitefield, " Leonard Withington.

Sabbath Morning, " Park Benjamin.

The Cloud Ship, " Alonzo Lewis.

Alfred Raybour;;, " Thomas M. Clark.

Advice to an Infidel, " Leonard Witliington.

A Jewish Tradition, " George Lunt.

Jehiel Wiggles worth, " Mrs. L. H. Sigoumey.

Joseph H. Buckingham printed in Newburyport, in 1832,
for Carter & Hendee of Boston, a poem by John G. Whit-
tier, entitled ** Moll Pitcher." A copy of this iK)em, dedi-
cated to Eli Todd, M. D., of Hartford, Connecticut, is in the
library of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

Calvin*s Institutes of the Christian Religion, translated from the
original Latin and collated with the author^s last edition in French by
John Allen. Published in three volumes by William li. Allen & Co.,
Newburyport, i8i6.«

Strigilis I A Rhyme of the Railer | By Aquillpen | Newburyport | E.
Davis (ireen. Printer | 1852.*

' J*robably printed with the New llavcn ctlition of the same date, and supplied
with title-page only by the Newburyport publishers. See advertisement in the
Newburyjwrt Herald and Commercial Gazette, July 12, 1 816.

' This book, criticising the whims and follies of the day, is suppowd to have
been written by Samuel A. Wheelwright and Richard S. Spofford,' jr. On account
of its scratching and irritating propensities, the |X)em was called Strigilis, — *< A
Curry Comb.'*

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The first Newburyixirt Uircclory was priiUccI in 1848 and
published in January, 1849. Wooster Smith, publisher, C
Nason, Watchtower office, printer. In 1850, Wooster Smith
was publisher of the directory, and Nason, l^ragdon & Co.,
Union Press, printers. The publisher in 1851 was John K.
Tilton, printers, Huse & Bragdon. In 1853, C. Augustine
Dockham and Nathaniel P. Brown were publishers, and Wil-
liam H. Huse, printer. In 1854 C. Augustine Dockham was
publisher, and William H. Huse, printer. In 1855, Caleb
Niles Haskell was publisher, and Morss, Brewster & Huse,
printers. In 1858, and for several years after that date, Caleb
Niles Haskell was publisher, and Adams, Sampson & Co., of
Boston, printers. In 1866, Sampson, l)avcnix)rt & Co., suc-
cessors to Adams, Sampson & Co., were publishers and print-
ers. From 1886 to the present time the directory has been
printed and published by Sampson, Murdock & Co. and by
the Sampson & Murdock Company.

I Only one canto of this |M>em, written hy Edwin lilotMl, was published. It is
dc<licated **T<> the oflicc hc»lder8 under the Federal (iovernmenl who have I>een
re-ap|M>inted by the President in opixjsition to the principle of Rotation, and, above
all, in opposition to the small jealousy, — the petty intrigue, and the secret treachery
of their own supposed friends," and describes a meeting of some of the prominent
|M>liticians of Newbury|X)rt and the tumtpiet that followed, at which choice wines
ami viands were served. Printed copies of the first canto <»f this |MH:ni are in the
IMMsessitm of I^iwrence li. Cushin|r of Newburyport and janies K, Whitney (»f
lioston.

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HENRY LUNT AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.'

The ship ** Mary and John/* Robert Sayres, master, sailing
from England in March, 1634, arrived in Boston in the month
of May following. Rev. Thomas Parker, John Spencer,
James Noyes, Nicholas Noyes, Henry Lunt and others were
passengers in this ship and settled in Newbury in 1635.

Henry Lunt was granted a house lot and several acres of
farming land on the northerly bank of the Quascaqunquen,
now Parker, river. May 2, 1638, he was admitted to the
privileges of a freeman in the colony of Massachusetts liay.

Me married, probably in 1638, Anne , by whom he had

the following-named children : —

Sarah, born Nov. 8, 1639.

Daniel, " May 17, 1641.

John, " Nov. 30, 1643.

Priscilla, " Feb. 16, 1646.

Mary, " July 13, 1648.

Elizabeth, ** Dec. 29, 1650.

Henry, " Feb. 20, 1653.

When the new town was laid out, in 1645, ^" ^he south-
westerly side of Merrimack river, Henry Lunt was granted
four acres of land on the Country road, now High street,
between Cottle's lane, now liromfield street, and Chandler's
lane, now l^^cdcral street, Newburyport. On this lot of land
he probably built a house in which he lived until his death,
July 10, 1662.

' Compiled from genealogical records and papers in the possession of Capt.
James O. Knapp.

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In his will, proved on the thirtieth of September following,
he gave to his wife, during her natural life, and after her de-
cease to his sons John and Henry, his dwelling house, bam
and orchard, to his son Daniel land adjoining his homestead,
and to his daughters Sarah, Priscilla, Mary and Elizabeth the
sum of twenty pounds each.

Mrs. Anne Lunt, widow, marrietl, March 8, 1664-5, Joseph
Hills, who was bom in England in 1602, married Rose Clark
in 1624, came to Boston with his wife and children in 1638,
and lived for many years in Charlestown, and afterwards in
Maiden, Mass. June 24, 165 1, he married, for his second
wife, Hannah (Smith), widow of Edward Mellowesof Charles-
town. His third wife was Helen, or Eleanor, daughter of
Hugh Atkinson,* and his fourth wife Mrs. Anne Lunt, widow,
as above stated. He was a deputy to the General Court from
Charlestown and Maiden, and a prominent member of the
committee appointed to codify the laws of the colony of Mas-
sachusetts Bay in 1648. Soon after his marriage to Mrs.
Anne Lunt he removed to Newbury, and was clcvled deputy
to the General Court July 28, 1665, but for some reason un-
known did not attend the session held in the month of October
following, and for this neglect of duty a fine of ten pounds
was imposed upon the freemen of the town.' Me was subse-
quently elected deputy for the sessions beginning May 15,
1667, and May 19, 1669. lie died in Newbury February 5,
1687-8. His widow, Anne (Lunt) Hills, dial several years
later.

Daniel, son of Henry and Anne Lunt, born May 17, 1641,
married, May 16, 1664, Hannah, daughter of Robert and
(Catherine Coker. She died January 29, 1679, and he mar-
ried, for his second wife, Mary (Cutting) Moody, widow of
Samuel Moody, and daughter of Capt. John and Mary Cut-
ting of Newbury.

• liUtory of Maiden (D. W Corey), page 182 note.

* History of Newbury (Currier), |»agcs677 note and 678.

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Children of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt : —
Hannah, born May 17, 1665.

Daniel,

* May 1,

1667.

Henry,

«* June 23,

1669.

John,

< January

10, 1672.

Sarah,

* June 18,

1674.

Mary,

* July 24,

1677.

Children of Daniel and Mary (Cutting-Moody) Lunt : —

Joseph, bom March 4, 1681.
Anne, " January 28, 1 683.

Benjamin, " March 15, 1686.

Joseph, son of Daniel and Mary (Cutting-Moody) Lunt,
born March 4, 1681, married, December 29, 1702, Martha,
daughter of John and Mary (Poore) Noyes. She died June
26, 1706; and he married, in 1708, Joanna Adams for his
second wife. Joseph and Martha (Noyes) Lunt had only one
child :—

Mary, bom December 3, 1 705 ; died January 8, 1 725-6.

Joseph and Joanna (Adams) Lunt had the following-named
children : —

£ll<aneh, bom December 11,1 709.

Joseph, «•

September 21, 171 1.

Cutting, "

January 22, 1714.

Lois, "

Januarys, 1717.

Nathaniel, "

May 2, 1719.

Mehitable, "

January 23, 1721.

Eunice, "

September 18, 1725.

Cutting, son of Joseph and Joanna (Adams) Lunt, born
January 22, 17 14, married, December 10, 1735, Deborah,
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Knight) Jaques. She
died February 14, 1788. He died December 29, 1790.

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Children of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt : —

Sarah, bom in October, 1736; died January 13, 1738.

Paul, ** March 18, 1739; died Februarys, 1746.

Richard, •« April 17, 1742.

Silas, " August 21, 1744; died April 13, 1752.

Paul, " March 30, 1747.

Cutting, «» January 1, 1749.

Richard, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, born
April 17, 1742; married, June 23, 1765, Elizabeth Chapman
of Salem, Mass., by whom he had the following-named chil-
dren : —

Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 4, 1 767, in the North Church, Salem.
Deborah, ** Oct. 4, 1 767, " " " "

Sarah, " Sept. 23, 1 770, «« " ** "

Richard, " Sept. 27, 1772, " «* «* »«

Joseph, " Dec. 4, 1 774, " «♦ «* *«

Novenil>er 15, 1776, Richard T.imt sailed from Newbury-
lK)rt in the privateer brii^ Dalton, and was captured on the
twenty-fourth of December following, taken to England, and
confined in Mill prison." He was released in 1779, and sailed
on the fourteenth of August from L'Orient, in France, in the
frigate Alliance, with the lion Homme Richard and other
vessels, under the command of John Paul Jones, for a cruise
on the British coast. He died October 27, 1796, and was
buried in the graveyard near the First Parish meeting-house
in Newbury.

Paul, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, bom
March 30, 1747, married, February 2, 1775, Margaret, daugh-
ter of Major Joshua and Sarah (Bartlett) Coffin. She died

, and he married, r\'bruary 5, 1790, Harriet Adams

for his second wife. I le was a lieutenant in Capt. Ezra Lunt's
company at the battle of Bunker hill, and the author of a diary

* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 627-629.

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published in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical
Society for February, 1872. He died November 26, 1824.
Harriet (Adams) Lunt died February 20, 1852.

Cutting, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, and
brother of Richard and Paul Lunt, born January i, 1749,
married Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Brown) Ger-
rish. He was captain of the marines in the privateer Inde-
pendence, commanded by William Nichols, in September,
1776, and on the fifteenth of November following sailed from
Ncwbury|X)rt in the brig Dalton, and on the twenty-fourth of
December was captured by an English frigate, taken to Eng-
land, and confined in Mill prison. After his release, in 1779,
he was third lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard, under
the command of John Paul Jones. In October, 1780, William
CofTni of Newbury was captain of the privateer America, and
Cutting Lunt, sailing master.* The privateer, with her ofTi-
cers and crew, was lost at sea in 1781 or 1782.

Henry Lunt, jr., son of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt,
and grandson of Henry Lunt, sr., was born June 23, 1669.*

He married Mary in 1694, probably, by whom he had

the following named children : —

Daniel, born June 15, 1695.
Benjamin, ** June 21, 1700.

Henry, " .

Johnson, " Aug. 12, 1704.
Abner, '* in 1706.
Sarah, ** .

His wife Mary Lunt died December 28, 1721 ; he died in
1738.

1 Massachusetts Archives, volume 165, page 275; volume 271, page 291; and
volume 40, page 58.

' See page 505 for children of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt.

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Abner, son of Henry and Mary Lunt, born in 1 706, mar-
ried, May 6, 1 726, Hannah Stickney. Abner and Hannah
(Stickney) Lunt had the following-named children : —

Hannah, bom Feb. 17, 1727.
Sarah, «* Sept. 14, 1730.
Abner, " July 25, 1732.

Abner, son of Abner and Hannah (Stickney) Lunt, born
July 25, 1732, married, April 19, 1751, Miriam, daughter of
Benjamin and Miriam (Woodman) Coffin. They had chil-
dren as follows : —

Anne, born Oct. 29, 1751.
Miriam, " Feb. 9, 1754.

Jacob, •* .

Mary, " .

Micajah, *' Nov. 9, 1764.

Abner Lunt died at sea when his children were yoimg ; and
his widow, Miriam Lunt, died March 7, 1787.

Micajah, son of Abner and Miriam (Coffin) Lunt), born
November 9, 1764, served in the army and navy in the
Revolutionary war, and was afterwards a prominent merchant
and ship-owner in Newbury [wrt.* lie married, Jime 11,
1792, Sarah, daughter of 13aniel Giddings of Ipswich, by
whom he had the following-named children : —

William, bom Oct. 3, 1793; died Aug. 14, 1794.

Micajah, " April 22, 1 796.

William, " Jan. 1, 1798.

Sarah Lord, " Oct. 6, 1800.

Mary Coffin, *• Nov. 9, 1802.

George, " March 7, 1805.

Hannah Giddings, " March 25, 1807.

Susan Maria, " June 5, 181 1.

1 See chapter XXII, page 250.

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Mrs. Sarah (Giddings) Lunt died Januar>' 5, 1827, and, on
the thirty-first of July following, Mr. Lunt married, for his
second wife, Sarah B., daughter of Edmund Swett, by whom
he had one son, Jacob William Lunt, born January 30, 1829.

Micajah Lunt died August 30, 1840, and his widow, Sarah
IJ. (Swett) Lunt, died September 2, 1876.

Micajah, son of Micajah and Sarah (Giddings) Lunt, born
April 22, 1796, married, May 29, 1826, Hannah Gyles,
daughter of Samuel Mulliken. She died October 8, 1829,
leaving no children, and Captain Lunt married, December 13,
1831, Mary Johnson, daughter of Edmund Coffin, for his
second wife, by whom he had the following-named children : —

Micajah, bom Nov. 21, 1832; died Jan. 18, 1865.

Edmund CofHn, " June 1 7, 1834; " in May, 1838.

Mary Coffin, " Oct. 20, 1835 ; " Sept 28, 1836.

Sydney William, •* July 14, 1837; " Nov. 30, 1838.

Sarah Giddings, " March 7, 1839; " Sept. 22, 1857.

Edmund Sydney, " Dec. 25, 1841 ; " Sept 2 1 , 1 898.

Mary Coffin, " May 8, 1845 ; married, June 18, 1874,
Col. Edward O. Shepard of Boston.

Captain Lunt' was a large ship-owner, a successful merchant,
and for' many years president of the Bartlet Steam Mills
Manufacturing Company. He died January 8, 1874, and
his widow, Mary Johnson (Coffin) Lunt, died June 19, 1878.

Henry, son of Henry and Anne Lunt, born February 20,

1653, married Jane . Henry and Jane Lunt had the

following-named children : —

Skipper, bom Nov. 29, 1679.
Mary, " Jan. 16, 1682.

Abraham, " Dec. 10, 1683.
John, " Feb. i, 1686.

William, " July 4, 1688.
Daniel, " Jan. i, 1691.

* See biographical sketch, chapter XXII, pages 251 and 252.

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Jane, bom Nov. 9, 1693.
Samuel, ** March 26, 1696.

Henry, *» .

James, " Jan. 15, 169.S.

Daniel, son of Henry and Jane Lunt, born January i,
1 69 1, married Mary, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Noyes)
Pettingell, January 21,17 19-20. Daniel and Mary (Pettingell)
Lunt had the following-named children : —

MaUhew, bom Oct. 24, 1 720.

Daniel,

** Jan. 1,1723.

Henry,

" Sept. 20, 1725.

Moses,

" Aug. 12, 1727.

Mary,

" Jan. 1 1, 172H-9.

Sarah,

»* March 20, 1734

Matthew, son of Daniel and Mary (Pettingell) Lunt, bom
October 24, 1720, married Jane Mocnly in 1742 probably.
Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt had the following-named
children : —

Ezra, bom April 10, 1743.

Daniel, " March 14, 1745.

Anne, ** Feb. 28, 1750.

Henry, " in 1754.

Jane, " Feb. 20, 1 756.

Mary, " Feb. 25, 1759.

Klixabeth, ♦* March 2, 1761.

The oldest son, Ezra, married Elizabeth Pearce in 1765,

and after her death Mary . In April, 1774, he was the

owner of a stage-coach, advertised to leave Newburyport every
Monday morning for lk)ston, returning on the following
Thursday to Newburyport.* He was also proprietor and pub-
lisher of The Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet,* in
company with Henry Walter Tinges, under the firm-name of

' Hittory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 390 and 395.
• History of Newhury|)ort (Currier), volume I, page 503.

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Lunt & Tinges, from August, 1774, until May, 1775, when
he enlisted in the Continental army, and was captain of a
company in Col. Moses Little's regiment at the battle of
Bunker hill, and afterwards served in New York and New
Jersey.* In 1782 he was an innholder in Newburyport," and
subsequently had command of two companies raised to assist
the government in suppressing the rebellion headed by Daniel
Shays, and served in that capacity from January 8 to July 2,
1787.^ Two or three years later he removed to Ohio, where
he died in 1803.

Daniel, the second son of Matthew and Jane (Moody)
Lunt, born as stated on the opix)sitc page, March 14, 1745,
married Sarah Knight in 1769.

He was in command of a brig captured, February 25, 1776,
in the vicinity of Cape Ann, by an English sloop-of-war, and
taken into lioston harbor, lie subsequently published an
account of the harsh treatment he received previous to his
escape from the merchant ship in which he was confined for
several weeks.^ November 15, 1776, he sailed from New-
buryport in the privateer Dalton, Eleazer Johnson, master,
and on the twenty-fourth of December following was cap-
tured, taken to England, and confined in Mill prison for two
or three ycars.s lie died in 1787 ; his widow died July 20,
1 8 16, aged sixty-eight.

Henry, the youngest son of Matthew and Jane (Moody)
Lunt, born in 1754, married Sarah .

He was in the naval service early in the year 1776, and on
the fifteenth of November sailed from Newburyport in the
privateer Dalton, was captured by an English frigate, taken to
England, and confined in Mill prison. After his release in

' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 546-549 and note.

• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 390.

• History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 89-91.
*• History of Newbury]X)rt (Currier), volume I, page 620.

^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume 1, pages 628 and 629.

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1779, he was second lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard,
under the command of John Paul Jones.' He died in 1805.

Henry, son of Henry and Sarah Lunt, bom February 28,
1776, married Mary Green Pearson May 24, 1801. He re-
moved to Boston in 1809, and was for many years senior
member of the firm of Lunt & T.each, on India wharf in that
city. He died in Dorchester, Mass., March 4, 1859.

His son, William Parsons Lunt, born in Newburyport April
2» 1805, graduated at Harvard college in 1823, studied for
the ministry in the Theological school at Cambridge, and was
pastor of the Second Unitarian church in the city of New
York from June 19, 1828, to November, 1833. He was in-
stalled, June 3, 1835, assistant pastor, or colleague, of Rev.
Peter Whitney, senior i>astor of the Unitarian church in
Quincy, Mass., and at the burial of John Quincy Adams, in
1 848, delivered a sermon which was said to be *' worthy of ^
place beside any funeral oration of ancient or modern
times."

He died March 21, 1857, in Arabia, on his way to Jeru-
salem, and was buried in the sand near Akaba, on the eastern
arm of the Red sea. A rude heap of stones marks his last
resting-place.' A tablet, with the following inscription, was
erected to his memory, in 1858, in the church at Quincy, where
he preached for more than twenty years: —

In memory of
William Parsons Lunt U. D.

Pastor of this Church

Prized, Honored, Lamented,

Theologian, Poet & Scholar

He devoted his Life

'i'o Intellectual Pursuits and Sacred Exercises.

Weighty and Accomplished as a Writer

Eloquent as a Preacher

Conservative in a Liberal Doctrine :

1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 602-605.

^ History of Braintree and Quincy, hy William S. Pattee, pages 225 and 226.

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Of a Grave & Earnest Spirit,

He loved the Highest Meditations

And meditated the Truest Services.

Horn in Newburyport April XXI, MI)CCCV,«

Installed here June III, MDCCCXXXV.

He died at Ezion-Geber on his way to Jerusalem

March XXI, MDCCCLVII.

** Even so says the Spirit, for they rest."*

Henry, son of Daniel and Mary (Pettingell) Lunt^, born
September 20, 1725, married, January 31, 1764, Abigail
(Allen) Lunt, widow of Josiah Lunt Henry and Abigail
(Allen) Lunt had the following-named children : —

Samuel Allen, bom November 3, 1 769.

Abel, " in 1767.

Joseph, »< February 13, 1774.

Abel, son of Henry and Abigail (Allen) Lunt, born No-
vember 3, 1769, married, May 13, 1795, Phcbo Tilton.

Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Lunt had the following-named
children : —

Abel, bom November 17, 1798.
George, " December 31, 1803.

George, son of Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Lunt, born De-
cember 31, 1803, graduated at Harvard in 1824, studied law,
and three or four years later began the practice of his profes-
sion in Newburyport.^ October 25, 1834, he married Sarah
Miles Greenwood. She died in July, 1842, and, two years
later, he married Emily, daughter of John(?) Ashton. For his
third wife he married Adelaide Parsons, sister of the poet,
T. W. Parsons.

* William Parsons Lunt was born April 2, 1805, according to the Newbury|)ort
town records.

' History of Braintree ami Quincy, William S. Pattee, page 141.

• See page 510.

^ Chapter XXIII, i)age 281.

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After his removal to lk>ston, in 1848, he was United States
attorney for the district of Massachusetts from 1849 to 1853,
and editor of the Boston Courier from 1856 to 1865. During
the last years of his life he resided in Scituate, Mass., and
devoted himself to literary pursuits. He died in Boston May
17, 1885, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newbury-
port.

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SOLDIERS STATIONED AT PLUM ISLAND.

During the war of 1812 troops were stationed at Plum
island, and several indei^endent military companies were or-
ganized for service there. An observatory erected on Lunt*s
hill, in Newbiiry,now March's hill, Newburyport, was supplied
with field-glasses and tclcscoi>cs for the purix)se of watching
the movement of vessels approaching the mouth of Merrimack
river.'

The Silver Greys, com[X)sed of merchants and men of
prominence in the town, having provided themselves with arms
and ammunition, offered to assist in erecting fortifications on
the island ; and the Sea Fencibles, a company of shi[>masters
and seamen, out of employment, attracted considerable atten-
tion escorting the lieutenant-governor of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts to Plum island when Fort Philip was com-
pleted and supplied with cannon for the defence of the sea-
coast. They carried a flag with only five stars in the union,
representing the five New England states.

The Washington Light Infantry, Captain Titcomb, was on
duty at the island for a week in the summer of 1814,* and
other companies volunteered to .assist in building temporary
batteries if needed.

The following-named officers and men were placed in charge
of the batteries, when completed, by order of the commander-
in-chief : — '

^ Newburyport Herald, July 2, 1813. The observatory was sold at public
auction July 13, 181 5.

• Newburyport Herald, July 26, 1814.

' Archives, adjutant-general's office, Ikmton, Mass.

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Sergeant Pilsbury's Detachment, from June 21 to June 28, 1814.

Sergeant. Privates.

Chas. Pilsbury. Washington Webster,

Privates. Winchester Knight,

John Daveds, Danl. H. Pingree,

Nicholas Hlasdell, Ephraim (Goodwin,

lienj. Kent, Charies Emerson,

Jas. Bachelder, Ezekiel True.

Sergeant Young's Detachment,

Sergeant.
James Young.

Privates.
James Campbell,
George Norton, jr.,
Wm. Burk,
Samuel Knapp,
Isaac Poor,
Moses Norton,
Charles Davis,
Robert Leigh,

from June 28 to July 5, 1814.

Privates.
Nathl. March,
Moses Kimball,
James S. Goodhue,
Jonathan Choate,
Samuel Bagley,
Thos. Yatte,
Nathl Perkins,
Daniel Stanwood,
Philip Colby.

Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from July 5 to July 12, 1814.

Sergeant. Privates.

Jacob (iriffin. Thomas Somerby,

Privates. Stephen l*ritchard.
John Newman,

Sergeant Robert Griffin's Detachment, from July 5 to July 12, 1814.
Sergeant. Privates.

Robert Griffin.

Privates.
Ephraim 1. Smith,
Joseph Whiltemore,
Enoch Danford,
Wm C. Pilsbury,
Theodore Libbey,

Philip Butler,
Jeremiah Bumham,
Benj. Folsom,
John Demars,
Geo. Packer,
Thos. Wyatt,
Sam'l Gibson.

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Sergeant Mason's Detachment,

Sergeant.
Wm. S. Moses,
James Campell (?).

Drummer.
George MouUon.

Fifcr.
Jonathan Moulton, Jr.

Privates.
Joseph Whittemore,
Jonathan Sweet,
Charles Call,
Moses Morton,

from July 12 to July 19, 1814.

Privates.
Wm Somersby, Jr.,
Thomas Wyatt,
Dan'l Stan wood,
Nathaniel Hodge,
Joseph Gerrish,
Wm Somersby,
Wm Jennison, Jr.,
John Dodge,
Ebenezer Wheclright,
SamM I'rince.

Sergeant White's Detachment, from July 25 to July 30, 1814.

Sergeant.
Thos. B. White.

Corporal.
James Campbell,

Musician.
Samuel Gibson.

Fifer.
Charles Butler.

Privates.
Thos. Somersby,
Richard Evans,
Thos. Wyatt,

Privates.
Wm Somersby,
Samuel Wheeler, Jr.,
Kphraim I. Smith,
Philip Butler,
Chas. Call,
Hector Cross,
Wm Hastings,
Dani Pilsbury,
Dan'I Stanwood,
Wm Shaw,
Sam'l Mason.

Sergeant Gordon's Detachment, from July 30 to August 6, 1814.

Sergeant.
Charles Gordon.

Corporal.
James Campbell.

Drummer.
Moses Bay ley.

Fifer.
Nathl F. Flanders.

Privates.
Wm Allen,
A. W. Trusdale,
Robert H. Noyes,

Privates.
Robert Gardner,
Charles Hall,
Thos. Fumald,
Nehemiah Flanders, Jr.,
Benj. Pidgin,
H. B. Haskell,
Ephraim I. Smith,
John Flanders,
Daniel Pike,
Joseph Woodman, 3«i,
Joseph Y . Chase.

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Sergeant Brown's Detachment, from

Sergeant.
Thomas Brown.

Corporal.
Dan'l Stone.

Drummer.
Wm Mason.

Fifer.
John Havers (or Flavers).

Privates.
Wm Davis,
Wm Middleton,
Saml. Swasey,

August 6 to August 15, 1814.

Privates.
Charies Cole,
James Campbell,
Joseph Ham,
George Packer,
James Bums,
Thomn.H WyatI,
Amos Oark,
Merrill Morse,
Wn» Davenport,
John Huse,
Joseph Silloway.

Sergeant Noyes* Detachment, from August 13 to August 20, 1814.
Sergeant. Kifers.

Jacob Noyes, jr. Dan'l Morton.

Corporal. Privates.

Saml Clark. Nathl Currier, Jr.,

Drummer. Thos Ladd,

Saml Dodge. Thos. Yatt (or Gatt),

Fifers. John Green,

Chas. Davis, Henry Jackson,

Wm Hall, James Campbell.

Sergeant Wood's Detachment,

Sergeant.
Wm. Wood.

Corjwral.
James Campbell.

Drummer.
Moses Bayley.

Fifer.
Joseph Knapp.

Privates.
Dudley Hardy,
James Wood,
Benj. Pidgen,
Henry Morrison,
John Carr,

from August 20 to August 27, 1814.

Privates.
Chas. Call (or Cole),
Kphraim 1. Smith,
Nathl Fitz,
Joseph Laskey,
Joseph Silloway,
Wm Anderson,
Geo. Packer,
Thos. Wyatt,
Chas. Pillsbury,
Jacob Griffin,
Sam'l Cressey,
Nathl Warner,
Moses Ordway.

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Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from

Sergeant.
Jacob Griffin.

Corporal.
Ephraim 1. Smith.

Drummers.
Tho« B. Stone,
John Butler.

Privates.
Tho« Wood,
Nehemiah Flanders, Jr;,
James Campbell,
Charles Call,
Wn» Mason,
Benj. Newman, Jr.,

August 27 to Septembers, 1814.

Privates.
Sam'l Wood,
Benj. H. Wadleigh,
Sami Gibson,
Artemas W. Truesdall,
Joseph Wilson,
Robert Gardner,
Wro-Marden,
Arthur Somersby,
Edward Currier,
James Morton,
John Fenney,
Robert Gardner,
Joseph Bassett.

Sergeant Evans' Detachment, from September 3 to September 10, 181 4.

Sergeant.
Richard Evans.

Corporal.
John Putnam.

Drummer.
Moses Bayley.

Fifer.
Robert Gordon.

Privates.
Dan'l Pike,
Artemas Flanders, Jr.,

Privates.
James Wood,
James Cambell,
Wm Kloot,
Benj. Pidgen,
Sami Dodge,
Wm Anderson,
Henry Morrison,
Joseph I.,askcy,
John Carr,
Jacob Prichard.

Sergeant Stone's Detachment, from September 10 to September 17, 181 4.

Sergeant.
Wm Stone.

Corporal.
Amos Foreman.
Drummer.
Tristram Plummer.

Fifer.
Orlando Brown.

Privates.
Moses Coffin,
James Merrill,

Privates.
Sam'l Creasey,
Nehemiah Flanders, Jr.,
Stephen H. Peabody,
Joseph Stickney,
James Wood,
Charles Cook, 3rd,
Robert Gardner,
Joseph Picker, Jr.,
Geo. Packer,
Tho» Wood.

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Sergeant Wood's Detachment, from Sept. 17 to Sept. 24, 1814.

Sergeant.
Jonathan Wood.

Corporal.
Ebenezer Noyes.

Drummer.
Chas. F. Backliff.

Fifer.
Joseph Knapp.

Privates.
W« Balch.
Joseph Elder,
Wm Kloot,

Sergeant Greely*s Detachment,

Sergeant.
NathM Grecly,
Wm Kloot.

Drummer.
Arte mas W. Truesdall.

Fifer.
Chas. Rogers.

Privates.
Nathl Woodman,
Richard Wells,
Wm Flanders,

Privates.
Moses Bayley,
Geo. Packer,
Tho« Pearson, Jr.,
Wn. Hull,
Tho» Johnson,
John Hutlcr,
Ephraim I. Smith,
Edward Currier,
Sam1 Clark,
David Reed,
Chas. Walker.

from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, 1814.

Privates.
Joseph Silloway,
Edward Packer,
Joseph Furnald,
John Hoyt,
Robert Gardner,
Alexr Robinson,
Nathl March,
Sani*l Hrown, Jr.,
James Pease,
Nathl Howard.

Sergeant Hodge's Detachment, from October 1 to October 8, 1814.

Sergeant.
S. S. Hodge.

Corporal.
Danl Balk.

Musicians.
Enoch Stickney,
Benj. G. Johnson.

Privates.
James Francis,
Henry Loring,
Anthony Devenport,
Geo. Carter,

Privates.
Wn. H. Tyler,
Oliver Prescott, jr.,
Joseph Lunt, jr.,
Nathl Wyer, jr.,
W'w H. Prince,
Nathan Plummcr,
Joseph Knapp,
James Campbell,
Tho» Johnson,
John Broking,
Nathan A. Prescott
(or Brackett).

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Roll of Captain Titcomb's Company, Lt.-Col. Paul Merriirs Regiment
(6th Regt., 2d Brigade, 2<> Division), from October 5 to October 7, 1814.

Captain.
Paul Titcomb.

Lieutenant.
John Cliickering.

Ensign.
Chas. H. Black.

Sergeants.
Eleazer Johnson, jr.,
Jonathan G. Johnson,
Benj. (i. Sweelser.

Musicians.
Jos. Gardner,
John G. Stall,
John Carlton,
Leonard Philips.

Privates.

Collery,

Philip Johnson, jr.,
John Greenleaf,
Nathan Kollajisbee,
Charles Davenport,
Abel Johnson,
Charles Whipple,
W»n P. Johnson,

Privates.
John Porter,
Jeremiah P. Tappan,
John Scott,
Paul Bishop,
Edmund Sweet,
Oliver Spaulding,
Geo. Rogers,
Kbenezer Stead man,
Charles Gordon,
Benjamin Pardee,
Jacob Swain,
Anthony Perkins,
Richanl M. Bartlett,
Jonathan Call, jr.,
Ebenezer Wheelwright,
Wm Black,
Wm Boardman,
Stephen Tilton,
Wn» Shaw,
Geo. Coffin,
Anthony Smith,
George Greenleaf.

Captain Greenleafs Company, from October 5 to October 7, 1814.

Captain.
Charles Greenleaf.

Ensign.
Solomon Foster.

Sergeants.
Tho" Brown,
Henry Hudson.

Privates.
Benjamin Barber,
Charies Cook,
Moses Cole,
Wm Davenport,
Joseph Doggett,

Privates.
Frederic W. Donnell,
W" Davis,
Amos Foreman,
John Hu.se,
John Page,
Wm Middleton,
Joseph Pike,
Merrill Morse,
John Stephens,
Joseph Taylor,
Wm K. Wilson.

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Captain Pierce's Company, Col. MerrilPs Regiment, from October 5 to
October 7, 1814.

Captain.
Nicholas Pierce.

Ensign.
James Cook.
Sergeants.
H. G. Britton,
Saul Stevens,
Silas Rogers.

Privates.
John Hoytt,
Moses More,

Privates.
John Brown,
Moses Hale,
Nath'l Hodge,
Jonathan Moulton,
DanM Smith,
John Dodge,
Wm Tennisson,
Sami Prince,
Nathi Woodman,
Nath'l Talbot.

Captain Coffin's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to

October 7, 1814.

Privates.
Chas. Davis,
Wm Kloop,
Joseph Lasky,
Nathi March,
Stephen Onlway,
Peter Post,
William Stanwood,
Ebenezer Walch,
Jonathan Pettingill,
Isaac Poor,
Joseph Piper,
James Campbell,
Joseph Knap, jr.,
Daniel Spiller.

Captain Plummer's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5

to October 7, 181 4.

Captain. Musicians.

Enoch Plummer. Benj. Stevens,

Lieutenant. Charles F. Backlyft.

Jonathan Cooledge. Privates.

Sergeant. James Brown, jr.,

Wm Wood. Moses Bayley,

Corporals. James Horton,

Benj. Pidgin, Robert Noyes,

Nathi Flanders, Edward Titcomb,

J. T. Chase. Edmund Backlyft,

Captain.
Nath'l Coffin.
Lieutenant,
John Dodge, jr.

Ensign.
Jas. H. Currier.

Sergeant.
James Young.

Privates.
Nathan A. Bricket,
Wm Burk,
Wm Couch,
'Hiomas 1). Cook,
Samuel Currier,
Walter Brown,

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Privates.
Robert Pearson,
Geo. Thompson,
Tho« Somerby, jr.,
John Flanders,
Edward Packer,
Henry Morrison,
Ebenezer Noyes,
Jonathan M. Burbank,
W»n Flanders,

Privates.
Richard Wells,
Saml. Brown,
Jcseph Brown, 3rd,
George Packer,
Artemas W. Trusdall,
Joseph Silliway,
Nehemiah Manders,
VVm. Mooer,
Thos. Robert.

Lieutenant Moo<ly's Detachment, Col. MerrilFs Regiment, from October 5
to October 7, 1814.

Privates.

Lieutenant.
John Moody.

Sergeants.
Jacob Noyes,
Richard Hooker,
Nath'l Greely,
Thos. Davi.s.
Privates.
Zachariah Atwood,
Matthew Currier, jr.,
Edward Currier,
Samuel Oark,
Wm Chase,
.Samuel Dodge,
Joshua Frye,
Daniel Foster, jr.,

John Green,
Thomas Hall,
Joseph Haskell,
Henry Jack.son,
Wm Hall,
James Pea.se,
John Perkins,
Stephen Boardman,
Nicholas Short,
Thos. Todd,
John Finey (or Tiney) ,
John Wells, jr.,
Benj. Hyatt, jr.,
Arthur Somersby,
Micajah Lunt.

Captain Pike's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5
to October 7, 1814.

Captain.
James F. Pike,
Lieutenant.
Abner Pearson.

Ensign.
Benj. Greely.
Sergeants.
Charles Hunt,
Thomas B. White,
Richard Evans,
Jonathan Wood.

Musicians.
John Putnam,
Joel Smith.

Privates.
Foster Smith,
Isaac Rand,
Robert Gordon,
Samuel Wheeler,
Wm Hastings,
Saml D. Ford,
Heaton Cross,

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Privates.
Joseph Elder,
Chas. Shortf
Geo. Short,
Joseph Short, jr.,
Daniel Chase,
Jacob I'ritchard,
Thomas riummer,
Charies Butler,
John Mace,
Lewis(?) Spring,
Sam'l Spring,
Francis Todd,
Geo. Peabody.
Joseph Plummer,

Privates.
Wm Shaw,
VVm Edmunds,
Edward Berry,
Jas. Fumald,
Tho« Pearson,

Woodbridge,

James L. Foot,
Henry Frothingham,
W« D. Bumham,
Joseph Tupper,
Sami Chase,
John Coffin,
Wm. Kimball, jr.,
Helita Ellis.

Captain CaldwelPs Company,
to 6th of

Captain.
Alex. Caldwell.

Ensign.
Keuben VV. Kogers.

Sergeants.
Eben Bradbury,
Jacob Griffen,
Wm Getchel.

Privates.
Harrison Bradley,
Win Marden,
Amos Skcels,
Joseph Putman,
Joseph Wilson, jr.,
Michael Sumner,
Joseph Went worth,
Ralph Cross,
Moses Cass,

Col. MerrilPs Regiment, from 5th to
October, 1814.

Privates.
Joshua Hills,
Richard Peters,
Will W hi (more,
Wm Caldwell,
Thos. B. Stone,
Enoch Baker,
John Glines,
Jas. Woodman,
Benj. H. Wadleigh,
John Caldwell,
Benj. Newman, jr.,
Samuel Whood (?),
Peter Morse,
Ephraim Smith,
Wm Welch,
Nath'l Bassett,
Wm Rogers.

Captain William.s' Company, Col. MerrilPs Regiment, two days between
October 5 and October 11, 1814.

Sergeant.
Charles Pillsbury.

Captain.
Abraham Williams.

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Privates.
James M urn 11,
James Chase, jr.,
Orlando Brown,
Wislran Plummer,
Charles Pearson,
James Wood,
Joseph Stickney,
Wm Milchell,
Joseph Batchelder,

Privates.
Benj. Kent,
Charles Emerson,
Caleb Lufkin,
Ezekiel True,
Thos. Morrison,
Moses Ordway,
Nathaniel Warner,
Ephraim Goodwin,
Davis Hervy.

Captain Stickney's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 7
to October 11, 1814.

Captain.
Jacob Stickney.

Lieutenants.
David Lufkin,
Charles Hodge.

Quartermaster.
Samuel Hoyt.

Sergeants.
Jeremiah Wheelwright,
Green Johnson,
Joseph Buntin,
Wm Bartlett.

Corporals.
Wm Young,
Joseph Aubin,
Charles Cook,
James Francis.
Musicians.
David Lake,
John Putnam,
Hoel Smith,
Mo.ses Bailey,
Samuel Walter,

Privates.
Nicholas Lattimore,
Mayo Gerrick,
Jeremiah Blanchard,
Jacob Knap,
John H. Titcomb,

Privates.
Hos(?) Adams,
David Coffin, jr.,
Charles Hall,
Jonathan Titcomb,
George Killwme, jr.,
James Cummings,
John Bo<ldcly,
W»" Howard,
Joseph Parson.s,
Henry Furlong,
Christopher Basset t,
Joseph Grind,
Wm Law.Hon,
John Stone,*
Amos Dennis,
Samuel Swasey,
Jonathan C. Welch,
Benjamin Toppen, jr.,
Wm Friend,
Dan'l Tilton,
Enoch Haskell,
Stephen Norton,
David Haskell,
Thomas Stallard,
Silas Nowell,
Wm B. Norton,
Nathan Brown,
John Young,

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Privates.
Isaac Park,
John Couch,
AlexV Livingston,
Robert Kilbom,
Amos Knight,

Privates.
Joseph Stover,
Enoch Gerrish,
John Dole,
Thomas ]k>ardman,
Joseph Ix>vett.

Lieutenant Chickering's Detachment, from Oct. 8 to Nov. 7, 1814.

Lieutenant.
John Chickering.

Sergeant.
Franklin Gerrish.

Corporals.
Nath'l Flanders,
Jas. Morrell.

Musician.
Richard Page.

Privates.
John Chase, jr.,
Wm Hall,
Michael Stevens,
Jedediah Kilbum,
Henry Pearson,
John Dennis Farley,
Amos Noyes, jr.,

Privates.
SamM Smith,
Levi Goodwin,
Wm Smith,
John Hrown,
Moses Kmery.
Daniel Gall,
John Pres.scy,
Wm Vickery,
Robert Gardner,
Jas. Laskey,
Moses Call (or Cole),
Joseph lirown,
Enoch Somersby,
W»« Marden,
Wi» Kloot(?),
Sami Lunt.

Lieutenant Goodwin's Detachment, from Nov. 7 to Dec. 7, 1814.

Lieutenant.
John Goodwin.

.Sergeant.
Jacob Griffin.

Corporal.
Stephen Bartlett.

Musicians.
Nathi Rogers,
Charles Flanders,
John Gerri.sh.

Privates.
Jeremiah Eaton,
John Merrill, 4th,

Privates.
Sam*l Ordway,
Enoch Manders,
Moses Hoyt,
James Nichols,
John Blaisdell, 3rd,
Chas. F. RacklefiFt,
Edward Parker,
Robert Pearson,
W«»» Hush,
W«n Connor,
Jacob Merrill,
James Robbins,

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Privates.
W»n Chase,
Chas. Bartlett,
Wade Elscy (or Ilsey),
Chas. Chase,
Dani Wells,
Henry Kent,

Privates.
Ely Adams,
Levi Pickman,
W»n Silloway,
John M. Noyes,
Joseph Lowell.

Lieutenant Little's Detachment, ffx>m Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 1814.

Lieutenant.
Geo. Little

Serjeant.
True G. Graves.

Corporals.
Walter Brown,
Philip Butler.

Musicians.
John Morrill, jr.,
Moses Brown, jr.

Privates.
James S. Cates,
Daniel Wells, jr.,
Michael Rogers,
Luther Weston,
Samuel Alwood,
Henry Rogers,

Privates.
James Burrill,
Caleb Reed,
Richard Adams,
Thos. Goodwin,
John Evans, jr.,
Reuben McCrelles,
Gidion Bartlett,
Dan'l Gall (14 Day.s),
James Fool,
W'w Saunders,
Geo. Packer (or Parker),
Chas. Emerson,
Frederick Donniel,
Wm. Chase, jr.,
Nehcmiah Flanders,
Joseph Lowell.

Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from Dec. 13, 1814, to Feb. 11, 1815.

Sergeant. Privates.

Dani Wells, jr..

Jacob Griffin.

Corporal.
Joshua Mace.

Dnimmcr.
Charles Flanders.

Fifer.
Stephen Gordon.

Privates.
Sam1 Jackman,

Ja\s Sillow.iy,
Philip Butler,
John Brewster,
TrucI G. Graves,
Thos. Morrison ,
James Campbell,
Thomas Stoddard,
Robert Gardner.

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Sergeant Griffio^s Detachment, from February ii to March 15, 1815.

Sergeant Privates.

Jacob Griffin. Dani Welb, jr..

Corporal. Philip Butler,

Joshua Mace. John Brewster.

Drummer. True G. Graves,

Chas. Flanders. James Campbell,

Fifer. 'IImis. .StoaUlanl,

Stephen Gordon. Robert Gardner,

Privates. Thomas Morrison,

Samuel Jackson, Jas. Silloway.

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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
HISTORY OF NEWBURYPORT, VOLUME I.

In 1767, James Hudson erected storehouses and reservoirs
on the northc*;istcrly bank of Merrimack river, in the town
of Salisbury, where he began the manufacture of salt.* The
Pennsylvania Magazine, or American Monthly Museum for
March, 1776, has a sketch of these salt works, with an
engraving, from which the half-tone print on the next
page is taken. The storehouses and reservoirs are designated
by figures in the engraving and the process of making salt is
described as follows : —

Tlic walcr in full tides is received through the sluice No. 4 into the
reservoir No. 5 (which is a hundred feet long and 40 broad), where it
stands in the sun to evaporate to a pickle ; thence it is pumped into a
refining cistern, there to refine ; thence it is drawn into pans (which are
made of plate iron, rivetted together, about ten feet s(|uare and twelve
inches deep), there boiled and skimmed as the salt makes; then carried
to the hot house to cure, and from thence to the store.

1. Hook's rock. 5. The reservoir. 9. Boiling house.

2. The dam. 6. Refining cistern. 10. Refining cistern.

3. The wharf. 7. Boiling house. 11. Dwelling house.

4. A sluice. 8. Hothouse. 12. Storehouse.

1 3. Salt boat.

(The above account was handed to us by a member of the Continental
Congress.) *

' History of Ncwhiiry (Currier), i»gc 296; History of Ncwburyport (Currier),
volume 1, pages 150 note and 151.

•-'The I'ennsylvania Magazine, March, 1 776, page 146. A copy of this maga-
zine, printed in Philadelphia, is in the Ncwburyport Public library.

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The Alliance, built for the United States government on
Merrimack river, at Salisbury Point, near the mouth of
Povvow river, by William and John Hackett, was a frigate of
about nine hundred tons register, carrying thirty-two heavy
guns. Her dimensions were as follows: 125 feet keel, 135
feet extreme length on the main deck, 12 1-2 feet depth of
hold and 30 feet beam. She was launched in 1778, and
named the Alliance in honor of the treaty concluded on the
sixth of February of that year between France and the United
States.

She was fitted for sea in Newbury ix>rt, and sailed, in the
month of November, for Boston, where she received naval
supplies and shipped a crew of French and English sailors.
January 11, 1779, she began her eventful career, under the
command of Capt. Pierre Landais, a Frenchman, and sailed
from Boston, carrying General La Fayette to his home in
France.

After a stormy passage, during which a portion of the crew
attempted to take possession of the frigate, she arrived in
the harbor of Brest, and was ordered to join the squadron
then being fitted out by John Paul Jones for a cruise on the
English coast.

In the terrible struggle between the Vmw Homme Richard
and the Serapis, in the month of September, the captain of
the Alliance was accused of insubordination and failure to
assist the Bon Homme Richard.* A violent quarrel ensued,
and after the arrival of the vessels in the Texel, Holland,
Captain Landais was discharged from the navy, and Captain
Jones, assuming command of the Alliance, sailed on a cruise
down the English channel as far south as Corunna, Spain.*

In 1780, the Alliance returned to the United States, and
in P^ebruary, 1781, sailed from Boston under the command of
(3apt. John Barry, for L'Orient, in P'* ranee, capturing on the
voyage several valuable prizes. In 1782, on her way to Ha-

' Ilistfiryof the United States Navy (Maclay), volume I, pages 118-134.'
2 History of Newburyix>rt (Currier), volume 1, {lages 603-605.

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vanna, she was chased by several English cruisers, but man-
aged to escape with the loss of three men killed and eleven
wounded.

At the close of the Revolutionary war the Alliance was
sold, and afterwards employed in the merchant service. She
made several voyages from Philadelphia to France, Spain and
China. In 1790, she was dismantled and grounded on the
beach at Petty's island, near Philadelphia, where she remained
until her hull was destroyed by the action of the wind and tide.'

June 21, 181 5, Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Horatio
l^ardwell, Daniel l*oor, lulward Warren and Itenjamin C.
Meigs were ordained in the First Presbyterian meeting-house
on Federal street, Ncwburyport. A large audience, including
nearly two hundred clergymen, attended the morning service,
and, after the noon recess, re-assembled to partake of the
holy communion.'

On the twenty-third of October following, the brig Dryade
sailed from Newburyport for Ceylon and C.ilcutta, with Rev.
James Richards and wife, Kcv. IJaniel P(K)r and wife. Rev.
1 loratio liardwell and wife. Rev. lienjamin C. Meigs and
wife and Rev. Edward Warren, the second group of mis-
sionaries sent out, by the American l)oard of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions to preach the gospel of Christ to the
ignorant and benighted inhabitants of lUirmah and Ilin-
doostan.5 Religious services were held on the brig an hour

' Annals of Philadelphia and Tennsylvania, by John F. Watson, volume II,
pages 338-340.

^ The first missionaries sent by the American Board were ordained in the Taber.
nacle in Salem February 8, 1812,

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previous to her departure, Rev. Samuel Spring, pastor of the
North Congregational Church, officiating.* After a brief
address and a fervent prayer for those about to engage in
missionary work, an original hymn, written for the occasion,
was sung by a chorus of male and female voices, the benedic-
tion was pronounced, the last farewells were spoken and the
vessel, with sails extended to catch the favoring breeze, start-
ed on her long and j^erilous voyage.

Although the cutting and storing of ice for summer use
was not an established industry in Ncwburyport until 1840,
as stated on page 226 of the first volume of this history, the
following advertisements indicate that a limited supply of that
useful commodity could be obtained at a much earlier date : —

Ice may be had at Robert Laird's brewery on Green street every
morning (Sundays excepted), from six to eight o'clock, at three cents
per pound.'

I'amilies can be accommodated with Icii for the season (on moderate
terms), and should enough apply to make it an object it will be sent ac-
cording to the wish of those supplied.

Anthony S. Jones, State streets

In i860, arrangements were made to sprinkle a few of the
streets in the centre of the city, as stated on page 227 of the
first volume of this history, but eleven years previous to that
date a few merchants and storekeepers purchased a watering
cart that was used to keep down the dust and make State
street and Market square more attractive during the summer
months.-*

At or about the same date the dwelling houses and shops
of Ncwburyix)rt were numbered and the first directory pub-
lished giving the names and residences of the inhabitants of
the town.

' Ncwburyi>ort Herald, October 24, 1815.
2 Newb«ry|x>rt Herald, August 7, 1807.
•'• Ncwbiiryjxjrt Herald, May 19, 1829.
^ Daily Evening Union, July 23, 1849.

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The statement, on page 66 1 of the first volume, and page
249 of the second volume, of this history, that the brig Harpy
sailed from -Baltimore, Md., in September, 18 14, is probably
incorrect. A careful examination of local newspa|>ers and
ofTicijil records, recently made by Sidney M. Chase of Haver-
hill, seems to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Harpy
sailed from Baltimore for New York in April of that year,
under the command of Captain Gregg, and two or three
months later was cruising on the New England coast, having
captured, on the second of July, the Princess Elizabeth, a
British packet-ship, with a number of army and navy officers,
and a large amount of specie and naval stores. August 10,
1814,' the Harpy arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., where she
was detained nearly two months, making repairs on hull and
spars, before she sailed, early in October, under the com-
mand of Capt. William Nichols of Newburyport, on a cruise,
returning to Portsmouth on the twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh
of that month, with sixty-five prisoners taken from two Eng-
lish trans|X)rts laden with provisions for the British army.

In September, 1871, strange and mysterious sights and
sounds disturbed and annoyed the teacher and pupils of the
male primary school in Charles street, Newburyport, but no
report was made to the school committee until late in the
month of October, 1872, when the annoyance became more
serious, and the i>olicc were asked to investigate and ascer-
tain if possible the cause of these disturbances.

Many people, impressed with the idea that these sights and
sounds were of supernatural origin, read with surprise and
astonishment the following notice published in the Newbury-
port Herald, November 14. 1872 : —

' Extracts from the log of the privateer }larpy, giving an account of the capture
of the Princess Elizabeth, were published in the Portsmouth Intelligencer August
10, and reprinted in the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette August 12,
1814.

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The advent of a real old-fashioned ghost, such as made us shudder
and cover our heads with the bed clothes when we were children, is an
event worth recording and a sensation the people in the lower part of
the city have lately experienced. The Male Primary school on Charles
street is attended by about fifty pupils, and is taught by Miss Lucy A.
Perkins, an excellent teacher, possessing the confidence of parents and
the School Committee, a young lady who showed good courage in a
trying emergency, and a teacher much beloved by her pupils. The
school house is a story and a half structure, and here for about a year
past there have been strange and mysterious occurrences. Sounds and
sights which could not be accounted for have annoyed the teacher and
frightened the children. Ooors would be opened apparently without
hands, a face appear at the window and suddenly disappear ; sometimes
a hand would show ilself in the rear of the teacher's desk, and no one
could be found to whom the face and hand belonged or who occasioned
the sounds. The teacher said nothing of these things until within a few
days, when she informed a member of the School Committee of the
matter which was being circulated through the city by the children. A
day or two since .some of the pupils called the attention of the teacher
to the fact that some one wa.s looking into the room from the entry.
Miss Perkins turned and .saw a boy, apparently about a dozen years old,
who, as she approached him, disappeared into the attic. She followed
him and made a grasp at the form, but seized nothing, and the form
disappeared entirely, like the baseless fabric of a vision. The school
exercises were resumed, and on Tuesday (November 12, 1872), many
persons visited the room and saw the latch of the door lifted, but no one
could be discovered who rai.sed it.

This ghost story, however, was quickly exploded by the
police who, having examined the school building and some of
the ptipils accustomed to attend school there, discovered that
Amos Currier, a young lad not over eight or ten years of age,
son of Nathaniel Currier, was actively engaged with two or
three companions of about the same age in producing these
mysterious sights and sounds.

Meanwhile reix)rters connected with Boston newspapers, in
search of a sensation, visited Newburyport, and subsequently
published exaggerated accounts of what they saw and heard,
and a few weeks later two pamphlets, with the following title
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the ghost of the Charles street schoolhouse, were printed and
widely circulated : —

The I Haunted School House | at Newhuryport, Mass. | Loring Pub-
lisher I Comer Washington and Bfx>mfield Streets | Boston ■

At a meeting of the school committee, held Monday even-
ing, February 24, 1873, the condition of the Charles street
primary school was taken into consideration, and a stib-com-
mittec, previously appointed, reported in detail the facts that
had been discovered after careful investigation, and recom-
mended that a vacation of three or four weeks be allowed
Miss Perkins, the teacher, and a substitute employed to take
her place. This report, signed by Samuel J. Spalding, pastor
of the Whitefield Congregational church and society, and
George D. Johnson, rector of St. Paul's church, gave a brief
summary of the facts established by the investigation, and
closed with the following statement : —

After deducting the baseless and purely sensational stories put afloat
and the exaggerations which the excited imaginations of credulous
persons have made, and sights and sounds that can be accounted for by
the most simple principles of. natural philosophy, and by the tricks of
mischievous boys (quite as natural), there is hardly enough left out of
which to make a small ghost.3

The recommendations of the sub-committee were subse-
quently adopted. Miss Perkins was granted a vacation of
several weeks, for rest and recreation, after the severe mental
strain that had seriously impaired her health and strength,
and the Charles street school was placed in charge of Nathan

» Copyright entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by A. K.
Loring.
• Copyright entered according to Act ol Congress, in the year 1873, by H. P. Davis.
' Newburyport Herald, February 25, 1873.

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A. Moulton. The ordinary routine of school work was re-
sumed ; the mysterious sights and sounds ceased, and all
traces of ghostly visitors disappeared.

A few years later the school building was sold by order of
the committee on public property. It was repaired and remod-
eled, and is now a comfortable and convenient dwelling hou^e.

Thursday afternoon, May lo, 1906, the cash and other
accounts of the city treasurer were examined and a deficit of
several thousand dollars discovered. After a brief conference
with the mayor, lion. William F. Houston, the treasurer was
arrested and committed to jail by order of Judge Thomas C.
Simpson of the municipal court.

An expert accountant, employed to investigate the books
and accounts in the treasurer's office, subsequently reported
that the shortage in cash amounted to six thousand, eight
hundred dollars and that city notes to the amount of eighty
thousand dollars had been illegally issued.'

September 27, 1906, James V. Felker, treasurer of the
city of Newburyport, was indicted for embezzlement. His
plea of not guilty was changed to *' guilty '' at the session of
the superior court held in Salem on the eighth of October
following, but judgment was deferred until Febniary 20,
1907, when he was sentenced to not less than four, nor more
than six years in the state prison at Charlestown, one day in
solitary confinement.

The statement on page 676 of the first volume of this his-
tory that the office of deputy collector in the custom house at
Newburyport was not established until 1841 is incorrect. The
following-named persons held that office previous to the date
named :—

Michael LiUle, from 1789 to 1821.

Solomon A. Currier, " 1821 " 1829.
Charles Titcomb, " 1829 " 1841.

Newburyport Herald, May 26, 1 906.

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The date, July 4, 1827, in the tenth line from the top of
page 4189 should read July 4, 1837.

The words '* near Parker river/* in the sixth line from the
bottom of page 439, should be stricken out, and the following
words inserted: **on the southerly side of the Green."

The resignation of Col. Edward Wigglesworth was accepted
March 19, 1779, and not March 19, 1776, as stated near the
bottom of page 584.

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VI.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
HISTORY OF NEVVBURYPORT, VOLUME 11.

The statement, on page 15 of this volume, that the area
of Newburyport, at the present time, is eighteen square miles,
equivalent to eleven thousand two hundred and eighty acres
of land and water, is probably incorrect. A table in the
appendix to the Physical Geography of Essex County, by
John Henry Sears, gives the area of the city as stated above,
but recent measurements and mathematical computations
made by the harbor and land commissioners of the state
of Massachusetts reduce the number of square miles to
twelve and eighty-five one-hundredths, equivalent to eighty-
two hundred and twenty-four acres of land and water, in-
chiding highways, |X)nds, swamps, rivers and harbor.

The date, November 2, 1837, on the second line from the
bottom of page 17, of this volume, should read October 31,
1837.

The Plum Island, now Newburyport, life-saving station, was
established in 1874, as stated on page 21 of this volume.
The following-named persons have been keepers of the station
from that date to the present time : —

Robert Floyd, from Oct. 24, 1874, to March 12, 1877.

Francis L. Coffin, " Mar. 20, 1877, " — , .

James W. WilleU, " Nov. 4, 1879, " Dec. 2, 1880.

George F. Woodman, « Dec. 1 1 , 1 880, " April 1,1882.

James W. EllioU, «* April 13, 1882, " Nov. 3,1894.

Charles W. Noyes, " Dec. 14, 1894, <* July 21, 1896.

Thomas J. Maddock, " July 22,1896, " the present time.

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^ "!S40 .vi S*'" APPENDIX

\;\ In the note at the bottom of page 212 of this volume the

name " William Wesley Prout " should read William Wel-
stead Prout, and the name '* Elizabeth Fouquet " should
read Mary Jane Fouquet.

Robert Jenkins and Mary Jane Fouquet were married'June
26, 1 803, and had the following-named children : —

Mary, bom March 8, 1804.

Robert, " Fcbruar)' 17, 1805.

Mary Jane, *< Aug. 21,1 807 ; married Stephen W. Marston, esq.

Elizabeth, ** Sept. 19, 1809; died June 19, 1892.

Henrietta, " Sept. 6, 181 1 ; died March 20, 1875, unmarried.

Lydia Ann, " Nov. 16, 1814 ; married Lemuel S. Williams.

Sarah, ** Nov. 7, 1820; died March 16, 1900.

Robert Jenkins died in Worcester October 28, 1847. His
widow, Mary Jane (Fouquet) Jenkins, died in Brookline Jan-
uary 7, 1866.'

Marcy, or ** Marcia/* as the name is frequently spelled in
the town records, daughter of John and Hannah (Toppan)
O'Brien, was bom in Newburyport March 6, 1 784, as stated
on page 222 of this volume. She married Rev. Jeremiah
Chaplin of Dan vers April 16, 1806.

When John Quincy Adams was a student-at-law in the
office of Theophilus Parsons he wrote, as stated on |xige 263
of this volume, a poem setting forth the whims and follies of
some of the young ladies prominent in the social life of New-
buryport. Manuscript copies of this poem were privately
circulated and created considerable excitement, especially
among those who considered themselves unjustly criticised.
It was printed, without the author's consent, in the Brother
Jonathan, the weekly issue of the Daily Tatler, published in

1 See graveitones id Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport.

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New York, in 1839.' Since that date it has been republished
several times.*

It is impossible to give, with absolute accuracy, the names
of the young ladies described in this jwem, or identify thefti,
beyond a reasonable doubt, with the fictitious characters they
are supposed to represent, but some biographical and genealog-
ical facts relating to them have been discovered and are
printed in the footnotes.'

A carefully corrected and unabridged copy of the poem
reads as follows : —

A VISION.

Fatigued with labor, and with care oppressed,
' At once my mind and body sought for rest ;
The drowsy god upon my aching head
With liberal hand his friendly poppies shed ;
When to ! before me wondrous scenes appeared —
Strange things I saw and stranger things I heard.
On purple pinions borne, the god of Love,
With rapid flight descended from above ;
His golden quiver, by a ribbon slung,
In graceful ease across his shoulder hung ;
The fatal bow, his ensign of command.
With dire intent he wielded in his hand.
He saw me first, and took a feathered dart,
Prepared his bow, and levelled at my heart ;
I turn'd around, his p isture I espied :
*• O, spare me, Cupid, cniel god 1 " I cried,
<* Uehold around you swarms of youthful swains.
The blood of passion boiling in their veins,
Tis theirs from love to gather perfect bliss,
On beauty's lip to print the burning kiss ;

» Newburyport Daily Ilerakl, December 25, 1839, and June 30, 1864.

* roemsol RcliKion and .Society, l»y John (^lincy Adams (1853), {Miges 109-
116; Saturday Evening Union, August 26, 1854; Newburyport Daily Herald,
July 15, 1864.

^ See extract from an address by Samuel Swetl before the New England llistoiic
Cienealogical Society of Boston, published in the Newburyport Daily Herald Sep-
tember 22, 1864, and a brief reply by Jos«^phine, widow of James Morss, pul)-
lishctl in the same paper Octolwr 5, 1864.

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*Tis theirs to find enjoyment in a sigh,
And read their fortune in a virgin *s eye ;
Hut me^ whom nature formed without an art,
To win the soul or captivate the heart —
J/^, whom the Graces view with stem disdain,
As scarcely fit to join the Muses' train ;
From me what trophies could *st thou hope to raise t
So poor a conquest who would deign to praise ?
By Cupid^s hand should 1 be doomed to bleed ?
Not even Cupid would avow the deed ;
While prostrate millions bow before thy shrine
With willing hearts, thou canst not wish' for mine.**

<* Mistaken youth I '* the wanton god replied,
** To think that Love will e'er submit to Pride ;
Though willing thousands call upon my name,
Though prostrate millions celebrate my fame,
If one proud heart my empire could despise.
One heart defy the power of beauty^s eyes,
My useless bow at once I would destroy.
Nor ever more one feathered dart employ ;
My mercy then in vain you would implore,
Your peace of mind it never could restore.
And yet some merit 1 will grant thy plea,
And in thy favor soften the decree.
Of all the fair that grace the verdant plain,
Choose for thyself the object of thy pain.
Should'st thou prefer the beauties of the face.
Or in the form admire peculiar grace —
Should sparkling eyes inspire a pleasing Hame,
Or rosy cheeks thy fond attention claim —
Whatever charm thy fancy can suggest.
In some kind virgin thou may'st still be blest,
For in the search we possibly may find
Some who possess the beauties of the mind/'

He ceased to speak, and waved his potent wand —
The virgin throng arose at his command,
Unnumbered beauties stood before my view.
Bright as the sunbeam on the morning dew —
The short, the tall, the fair, the brown appeared.
The prude that pouted, the coquette that leered.
The timid maid just blooming at fifteen.
And the stale virgin withered, pale and lean.

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With all the charms of beauty richly fraught,

LuciNDA' first my close attention caught ;

A faultless person and a lovely mind

I found, with wonder, were in her combined ;

Deficient only in a single part,

She wanted nothing, but a feeling heart.

Calm and unruffled as a summer sea,

From passion's gales Lucinda's breast was free ;

A faithless lover she may well defy,

Recall her heart, nor breathe a single sigh —

And should a second prove inconstant too,

She changes on till she can find one true.

Belinda' next advances with a stride,
A compound strange of vanity and pride.
Around her face no wanton Cupids play.
Her tawny skin defies the god of day —
Loud was her laugh, undaunted was her look.
And folly seemed to dictate what she spoke ;
In vain the poet*s and musician^s art
Combined to move the pa.ssions of her heart ;
Belinda's voice like grating hinges groans.
And in harsh thunder roars a lover's moans.

I turned away — the fair Narcissaj smiled,
Her winning softness all my soul beguiled ;
My heart with rs^pture dwelt upon her charms,
And hoped to cla.sp her beauties in my arms ;
Hut soon I found these ardent hopes were vain —
Narcissa viewed my passion with disdain.
And can the sex by Nature formed for love,
Each .soft impression from the heart remove ?
Can idle vanity betray the mind
To wish, and even strive to be unkind.
Use cunning art to raise the lover's sigh,
Then view his woes with a disdainful eye ?

' Miw Lucy Knight. Sec Life in a New Kn^lnmt Town, pages 95 and 114.
She married. May 12, 1788, John Gregory ol 1k)Ston.

* Miss Kebecca Cazneau, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Cazneau, afterward
Mrs. Alwyn. Life in a New England Town, pages 67 and 120.

'Miss Mary Newhall, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Newhall. She married,
October 17, 1793, Rev. Ehenezer Coffin of Newbury. Robert S. Coffin, the
•• Boston Bard," was her son.

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Yes, there are such, but when avenging time

Withers their charms and strips them of their prime,

Their former follies they in vain lament,

Of former cruelties in vain repent ;

Their fate, in one short hour may be comprised ;

While young they're hated, and when old despised.

Vanessa' came, a smile adorned her face,

Her words were sweetness and her voice was grace ;

No raging passions bum within her breast.

Not even envy can disturb her rest,

Her lovely mind a rival's worth can own,

Nor think all charm confined to her alone ;

And if the fair Vanessa could be taught

To store her mind with larger funds of thought,

Her volubility of tongue repress.

Think somewhat more, and prattle somewhat less.

The palm of excellence she well might claim.

And Love himself might tune the voice of Fame.

Hut lo! CoKiNNA > next in rank appears.
And riots in the bloom of early years.
With innate warmth of constitution blest.
Her greatest pleasure is to be caressed —
Her lips sip rapture from an amorous kiss.
Viewed as a pledge of more endearing bliss ;
But frugal Nature wisely did dispense
With so much love a slender share of sense ;
For Nature grants but to a chosen few
To taste the joys of mind and body too.
Gigantic Hmbs, in painful buckram cased,
Aksuuic the lionors f»r :i .slcncler waist ;
But ah ! what power of buckram can restrain
The wild effusions of a thoughtless brain ?

Nerea 3 next advances in the throng.
And affectation leads the maid along,

* Miss Frances Jenkins. She married William Farris December 15, 1 789.

' Miss Harriet Rradbury, daughter of Hon. Theophilus Hradbury. She married
Thomas Woodbridge Hooper September 17, 1792.

' Miss Ann Jenkins, sister of Miss Frances Jenkins, She married Thomas
Thomas, jr., June 4, 1795.

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With studied step she steers amid the band,
And holds a senseless novel in her hand ;
Fair is her face and elegant her form,
Her manners gentle and her heart is warm.
Why will Nerea spend her youthful days
In wild romances and insipid plays ?
Where idle tales in flimsy language told
Exhibit folly in a pleasing mould,
Fictitious evils enervate the breast,
Deprave the morals and corrupt the taste.

Ai.MiHA* next in dubious form is seen,
Her face is female, masculine her mein.
With equal skill no mortal can pretend
The varied faults of either sex to blend ;
To woman^s weakness add the pride of man.
And wield alike the dagger and the fan.
In fairest forms can evil passions dwell ?
The virgin's breast can envy's venom swell ?
Can malice dart her rage from beauty's eye,
Or give the snow-white cheek a crimson dye ?
Where, then, are all the tender virtues flown,
And why was strength dispensed to man alone ?
The lamb to vie with lions ne'er pretend^
The timid dove with eagles ne'er contend ;
Attempt not then, ye fair, to rule by fear.
The surest female weapon is a tear.

Behold Statira's » ancient beauties rise.
With conscious wit, and wisdom's glancing eyes.

* Miss Catherine Jones. She married William Brown April 2, 1793, and re-
moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she died in 1863.

Some writers claim that Miss Elizabeth Harris Hooper was described under the
fictitious name of ** Almira." She was the (laughter of Joseph and Mary (Har-
ris) Hooper, and was bom January 31, 1772. She died November 2, I795> *^^
was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.

* Miss Mercy rhiUi])s, bom in 1755, married, November 18, 1789, Kev. Ed-
ward Hass, D. D. ; his first wife having died six months previous to that date.

Some newspaper writers, however, assert that the lines addressed to Statira were .
intended to describe Miss Sarah Kol*erts, daughter of Robert and Sarah Roberts,
who was bom in Newbury December i, 1 751; died in Newburyport January 17,
1798; and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.

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With stem disdain she views the youthful race,

Nor heedi the blooming honors of the face.

Autumnal roses she alone admires,

And grey-haired charms excite her warmest fires.

Nay, good Statira, look not thus askance,

And oh ! forbear that killing, sidelong glance.

Contending wittlings to assert their power

May look like threat*ning clouds before a shower,

ISut maiden modesty may well disdain

To use such arts : for all such arts are vain.

Still must thy face express thy secret mind.

Where friends with grief, and foes with pleasure, find,

Instead of art, which Nature has denied.

The grin of envy and the sneer of pride.*

To beauty strangers, destitute of grace,
With varied nothings pictured in their face,
A motley crowd in quick succession came.
Distinguished only by a differing name,
Till breaking forth in all the pride of day,
The sun of beauty drove those clouds away.
With graceful step the lovely Clara » moved :
I saw, I gazed, I listened, and 1 loved —
The fleeting vision vanished from my mind,
But love and Clara still remained behind.
Ye faithful lovers whom the muse inspires,
Who feel the rapture of poetic fires,
Whose voices sing with more than human skill.
The silent grotto and the murmuring rill.
Whose tender strains describe with matchless art
The soft emotions of a feeling heart ;
Come, and before the lovely Clara's shrine,
The mingled tribute of your praises join ;
My Clara's charms no vulgar poets claim.
No servile bard that clips the wings of fame,

1 The stanza beginning ** liehoUl Statika's ancient beauties rise,^' appears in
several newspaper versk>ns of this poem, hut it was accidentally or purposely omit-
ted when the poeins of John Quincy Adams were collected and published in a
small volume, in 1853.

< Miss Mary Frazier, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Ballantine) Frazier, bom
March 9, 1774; Afterwards Mrs. Daniel Sargent. See Life in a New England
Town, page 169, and Recollections of Samuel Breck, pages 11 9- 1 21.

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To vile acrostics tunes* unmeaning lays,
Or in a rebus centres all his praise.
The partial gods presiding at her birth
Gave Clara beauty when they gave her worth ;
Kind Nature formed of purest white her skin,
An emblem of her innocence within ;
And called on cheerful Health her aid to lend,
The roses* colors in her cheeks to blend,
While Venus added, to complete the fair.
The eyes blue languish and the golden hair;
But far superior charms exalt her mind.
Adorned by nature, and by art refined,
Her*s are the lasting beauties of the heart.
The charms which Nature only can impart ;
The generous purpose and the soul sincere —
Meek sorrow's sigh and gentle pity's tear.
Ah t lovely Clara, can a heart like thine
Accept the tribute of a muse like mine ?
Should these poor lays attract thy beauteous eye,
Say, would they raise one sympathetic sigh ?
For thee my heart with vivid ardor glows.
For thee my blood with rapid impulse flows.
By day thy beauties are my darling theme.
By night thy image sweetens many a dream.
On thee thy ardent lover's fate depends.
From thee the evil or the boon descends ;
Thy choice alone can make my anxious breast
Supremely wretched, or supremely blest.

Previous to the capture of Louisbourg by Sir William Pe|>-
perell, in 1745, the Isles of Shoals were frequently attacked
and plundered by French privateers and English freebooters,
and it became necessary to build a fort there for the protec-
tion of the inhabitants.

On the west point of Star island, on an eminence, are the ruins of a
small fort which was defended formerly by nine cannon, four pounders.
The fort was dismantled at the commencement of the late [Revolution-
ary] war, and the cannon carried to Newburyport.*

1 Nfaasachusetts Historical Society Collections (First Series), volume VIII, page
346.

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In consequence of the exix)secl condition of the islands and
their liability to capture by English armed vessels, the in-
habitants were removed to the mainland in 1 776, and the
cannon taken from the fort to Portsmouth, and thence to
Newburyport.'

After the close of the Revolutionary war, many hardy and
vigorous fishermen removed to the islands and devoted their
time and attention to catching and curing fish. They soon
became demoralized, intemperate and vicious, living in open
violation of the laws of God and man. Applying to Dudley
Atkins Tyng, who was collector of customs in Newburyport
from 1795 to 1803, for licenses to enable them to carry on
their business successfully, he urged them to abstain from
the immoderate use of spirituous liquors and curb their evil
passions and appetites.'

With the assistance of Rev. Dr. Morse of Charlestown,
Mass., secretary of the society for the propagation of the
gospel, Mr. Tyng employed a missionary to hold religious
services on the islands, beginning April 27, 1799. Aided by
men of wealth in Boston, Salem, Exeter and Portsmouth, he
sent carpenters and masons from Newburyport and built a
stone chapel on Star island, which was dedicated November 14,
1800.3

Rev. Josiah Stevens was for several years the officiating
clergyman, preaching to a good-sized congregation on Sunday,
and during the remainder of the week teaching the children
how to read and write. In 1802, a dwelling house was erect-
ed " for the use of the minister or missionary residing on the
Isles of Shoals forever."**

January 2, 1826, the interior of the chapel was partially
destroyed by fire. It was repaired during the following sum-

1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, i^age 565.

' For biographical sketch of l>u<lley A. 'I'yng, see History of Newburyport (Cur*
rier), volume H, pages 267 and 268.
* Newburyport Herald, August 6, 1841.
^ Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume XXXV, pages 239-241.

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mer, and since that date has been kept in good order and
condition by the occasional contributions of visitors who
attend divine service on the island during the hot summer
months.

The ** Epitaphs *' written by Hannah F. Gould, for the
entertainment of personal friends, as stated on page 313 of
this volume, were privately circulated in Newburyport previ-
ous to the year 1825. Several manuscript copies have been
preserved, some with thirty-two, others with thirty-four, and
one, in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., with thirty-six
epitaphs. These copies vary slightly in minor details, owing
to a lack of care in transcribing them.

Ten years after the death of Miss Gould the epitaphs were
printed and sold in pamphlet form, without note or comment.
They are now re-published, with brief biographical foot-notes
to assist the reader in identifying the persons whose peculiar-
ities were described and mildly caricatured nearly a century
ago.

ASAHEL HUNTINGTON.*

Here Huntington hid.

He^s chewed his last quid
And all his cigars are done burning ;

If where he goes

No tobacco plant grows,
We shall surely behold him returning.

1 Bom in TopsBeld, Mass., July 23, 1798. He graduated at Yale college in
1 8 19, and commenced the study of law in the office of John Scott, Newburyport.
Removing to Salem, Man., he was appointed district attorney and afterward clerk
of the courts for Essex county. He died in Salem September 5, 1870.

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EPHRAIM W. ALLEN.'

Here fame sits weeping

0*er him that lies sleeping
So sound that her trump cannot rouse him ;

He han saved from the press

One fair sheet for his dress,
Which is all that his office allowed him.

JOHN ANDREWS.'

Here a stationer lies,

With his ticket and prize,
His sealing-wax, wafers and feather ;

Who for all his mild looks.

And his paper and books.
Could not keep soul and body together.

BAILEY BARTLETT.J

Uailey Bartlett lies here,

And the spring of the year
Was the time he took to po|) off in ;

Tread lightly o'er his bed,

For a mellower head
Never filled up one end of a coffin.

* Born io Attleborough, Bristol county, Mais., April 9, 1779. He came to
Newburyport at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and was employed in the
printing office of the Newburyport Herald and Country (jazette for several months.
August 4, 1 801, he purcha8e<i a controlling interest in the paper, and was the
managing editor ami publisher until 1832. lie marrie<l, December 26, 1804,
Dorothy, daughter of William and Mary Stickney of New Rowley. He died in
NewlHiryix)rt March 9, 1846.

> Son of Rev. John and Margaret (Wigglesworth) Andrews. He was bom in
Newburyport November 25, 1797; and married Margaret Rand May li, 1830.
Wm. B. Allen & Co. sold, March 21, 1817, to Charles Ewer and John Andrews,
jr., all their stock of books and stationary. The firm of Ewer & Andrews was
dissolved February 13, 18 18, and on the seventeenth of February following
John Andrews, jr., and Kbenezer Wheelwright, jr., began business, as book-
sellers and stationers, under the firm-name of Andrews & Wheelwright. Mr.
Andrews was for twenty-live or thirty years afterwards cashier of the Meclianicks
Bank. He died May 16, 1874.

^ Son of Hon. Bailey and Peggy Leonard (White) Bartlett. He was bom in
Haverhill, Mass., October 30, 1794* and was a dealer in dry goods on State street,
Newburyport, for several years, removing to Lawrence in 1823. He married
Caroline Long of Hopkinton, N. H.

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EBENEZER BAILEY.

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Here lies Eben Bailey
His Murray and Palcy

He*s quietly laid on the shelf ;
He's set his last sum,
Sent his last scholar home,

And now he's gone home himself.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLIN.

Here Chamberlin is pressed

With the turf on his breast,
But his nose is too little to feel it;

'Tis doubted by many

If he ever had any.
As he alwa}'s took care to conceal it.

GEOKOE CROSS.^

Here George was interred
Without saying a word,

For he never was given to sound ;
He has made his escape
From the yard-stick and tape.

To measure himself on the ground.

' Son of rnut nnd Emma (Carr) Bailey, lie was born June 25, 1794, in that
part of Newbury now included within the limits of West Newbury, and in 1 820
was the teacher of a private school in Newburyport. He married, May 13, 1824,
Adeline, daughter of Allen Do<lge, removed to Boston, and afterwards to Lynn,
where he dic<l August 5, 1839.

* Joseph Chamberlin had a private school for young ladies on Charter street in
May, 1 82 1. He afterward removed his school to Green street, occupying the
school building previously occupied by Ebenezer Bailey. He probably removed
from Newburyport previous to 1 830.

^ Son of William and Ruth (Stacy) Cross. He was bom in Newburyport Janu-
ary 21, 1795; married, November 17, 1835, Lucy Ann Brown of Newburyport,
and removed to Troy, N. Y. In 1823, he kept a dry-goods store on State street;
and died at the residence of his son, in Jamaica Plain, July i, 1875.

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ROBERT CROSS.*

Here lies Robert Cross,

To our sorrow and loss,
Before he had entered an action ;

He has Uken his fill

Of law-book and quill,
And retired from the world and its faction.

GAISFORD GILES.'

Here Gaisford the just

Gives himself up to dust.
From which he would never be parted ;

lie ever would wrestle

With mortar and pestle,
Till he got back to earth where he started.

JACOB GERRISH.3

Here Jacob was cast

From his ladder at last,
Taking care that the earth should not dirt htm ;

Though by death he was found

On the uppermost ground,
The fall was too trifling to hurt him.

1 Son of William an<l Ruth (Stacy) Chmm. He was born in Newliuryport July
3> I799i graduated at Harvard in 1819, and was admitted to the bar in 1823;
married, in 1828, Mary Cabot Tyng, daughter of Dudley Atkini Tyng, and died
in Lawrence, Mass., November 9, 1859.

< Son of Rev. John Giles, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Newbury-
port, from 1803 to 1834. Gaisford Giles was an apothecary. In 1821, his store
was on State street, two doors above the Ncwburyport Bank. In 1830, he re-
moved to Market sqiuire, taking the store formerly occupied by Dr. Aaron Davis»
He died April 5, 1833, aged thirty-five.

* Son of Stephen and Ruth (Page) Gerrish. He was bom in Newbury, Mass.,
in 1784, married Harriet Toppan September 7, 1814, and died in Newburyport
April 19, 1843.

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JOHN GREENLEAF/

Here lies little John :

When the turkeys were gone,
And the pies and puddings were, too.

As there was nothing for eating

He thought of retreating.
For then he had nothing to do.

BENJAMIN A. GOULD.*

Here Benjamin A.

Put his Latin away.
To have a long day of thanksgiving:

His tongue is now dead,

Like the language he read
When he mingled himself with the living.

JAMES CALDWELL.^

Tis here gallant James

Has laid his last claims,
And left all the ladies behind him ;

He has fluttered about.

Got himself tired out,
And hid where no maiden can find him.

HENRV JOHNSON.'*

Here Henry is paid

For the charges he made.
And has .settled at last with his debtors ;

With a good-natured grace

He .smiled in death's face,
When he showed him his handcuffs and fetters.

1 Son of John and Eliuibeth (Coates) Oreenleaf, and grandson of Hon. benja-
min (jreenleaf, jiulge of probate. He was bom in Newburyport June 22, 1795,
and married, January 19, 1825, Fraisalette Cutler, daughter of Capt. Francis Lane,
and sulMec|uetitly removed tn'rn|)sham, Maine.

« .Son of lienjamin and (irir.i«l (Apthorp) Ciould, and brother of Hannah F.
(hhiUI. He was Uirn June 15, 1 787, and for many years was a teacher in the
lloston Latin school. He died in Boston October 24, 1859.

• Son of Alexander and Mary W. Caldwell. He was bom in Newbur)'port July
31, 1787, and for many years was a dealer in dr>'-goods at No. 56 State street.
He died, unmarried, January 6, 1864.

^ Son of Capt. Nicholas and Mary (Perkins) Johnson. He was bom Octol)cr 4,
1 796, and for many years was a prominent merchant in Newburyport, and, in
1852 ami 1853, niny^r ^^ die city. He died March 13, 1859.

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ABEL JOHNSON.

Here Abel lies slain,
Though it was not by Cain,

For cane was his greatest supporter ;
For when that was gone
His right side was undone,

For his left was two inches shorter.

CHARLES TOPPAN.*

Here Toppan has come
To a peaceable home.

And now he lies humble and quiet ;
The grave could not catch
A more troublesome wretch,

Nor the worm find a fitter for diet.

JOHN SCOTT.3

Here a certain attorney
Has stopped on his journey,

His justice and mercy disputed ;
For he tried to proceed
With one shoe on his steed,

Hut was thrown and completely non-suited.

> Son of Capt. Nicholas and Mary (Perkins) Johnson, and Ixothcr of Henry
Johnson. He was born in Newburyport in 1793, and died at Ca|)e Henry, Hayti,
in 1826.

* .Son of Edward an<! Rachel (Smith) Toppan. He was bom February 10, 1796,
in NewbiiryiK)rl, and when only eighteen years of age was employed by l)ra|)cr,
Murray & Kairman, bank-note engravers, in Philadelphia. He marrie<l LAiira Ann
Noxon July 17, 1826, and in 1858 was elected president of the American Bank
Note Company. He <Iictl in Florence, Italy, November 20, 1874.

' Son of Joel and Mary Scott. He was bom in Newburyport January 13, 1 790,
and married Hannah Pickard of Rowley in July or August, 1815. He died March
2, 1828. His widow died June 18, 1861.

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ASA W. WILDES.

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When his case was done pleading,

And his boys were done reading,
And his speech was no longer fluent :

Asa dodged out of sight,

And his boys took to flight
When they saw their great master play truant.

THOMAS B. WHITE.'

Here lies lazy Tom,

Who for fashion has come.

With some thought of returning to sup ;
Being decently laid
By the sexton and spade,

He's too lazy to help himself up.

DR. ANTONIO KNKMIT.^

Here crazy An tone

Has laid himself down
On the lap of the earth — his first parent ;

When death with his dart

Struck his love-tortured heart.
And pierced the unhappy Knight-errant.

* Son of Dmlley and licthiah (flnrris) WiUles. He wan born in Topsfickl,.
Mass., May 3, 1786; and taii^^ht school in Newlniry|X)rt after graduating at Dart-
mouth in 1809. He married, June 7, 1818, £1i74i Ann, daughter of Abel Lunt;
afterwards studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1820. For twenty-five
years he was one of the commissioners for the county of Essex. He died in
Newburyport Dccemlier 4, 1857.

' Son of (•ilmnn and Hcl«cy White. Ho was liom in Ncwhury|>orl (lct»»l cr 20,
1795, ami was the senior meml>er of the firm of T. B. 9t E. L. White, booksellers
and stationers, He removed to New Bedford, and for thirty years was cashier of
the National Bank of Commerce in that city. He died, unmarried, January 19,

1873.

' Son of Joseph and Mary (Treadwell) Knight. He was born in Newburyport
in 1795) <^^ ^*^^ '^'^ Ipswich July 8, i8$2. fie was mildly insane, and claiming
supernatural power, applied to the General Court for permission to change his.
name to Emanuel.

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JOSEPH MARgUANH/

Here lies our kind Joe,

And a handsomer beau
Never danced with the handsomest lady;

He's had his last ball,

And exchanged his light hall
For a house that is narrow and shady.

HENRY C. WRIGHT.*

Here lies Master Wright,

When he bade us good night
The glory of Andover fainted ;

He's read his last rule,

Whipped his last rogue in school,
And now he has gone up to be sainted.

DR. SAMUEL \V. WVMAN.^

Here lies Dr. Wyman,

That snug little shyman.
Whose house always traveled when he did ;

But he might have been kept

In the room where he slept.
For a closer grave never was needed.

' Son of Joseph ami Keliecca Marquaml. He was born in Ncwhuryport Decem-
Ikt J5, 1793; ant! married Sarah (Winslow) Head, widow o( Charles Head, l>e-
cemler 20, 1827. He lived in a house on the corner of Fruit and High streets
for two or three years, ami afterward removed to Newbury, where he died in 1851.

* Sou of Selh ami Miriiuii Wright. Ue was born August 29, 1 797, in Sharon,
Conn., and was a school teacher in Newhuryixirt in 1822. He married, June a6,
1823, Elizabeth LeHreton, witiow of David Stickney, and was pastor of the First
Congregational Church in West Newbury from June 21, 1826, to July 7, 1833, He
subsequently visited Europe, ard after his return to New England became a prom-
inent anti-slavery lecturer.

* Son of William and Mary W. Wyman. He was bom in Boston in July, 17391
and l)egan the practice of medicine in I|)swich in 181S, removing to Newburyport
in 1821, taking with him a small building that he 8ul)se(|uently used as an office,
on the comer of State and Temple streets. He married, November 13, 1 824,
Margaret, daughter of Joshua Toppan. He died in Newburyport January 31,
1867.

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EBENEZER WHEELWRIGHT.'

Here lies a Wheelwright

With his spokes out of sight,
For his wheel always went without carnage ;

He kept making wheels

Till he*d worn oflF his heels,
And wheeled himself quite out of marriage.

JOHN PORTER.'

Death ^s habits are such
That he meddles too much,

Sometimes, with our Porter and Beer;
He has taken his cup,
Drank the spirits all up,

And thrown out the sediments here.

CHARLES PRESC0TT.5

Here Charles is secured
From the storms he adored.

His compass and charts are thrown by ;
His harbor is made,
His anchor is weighed.

And his colors are hoisted on high.

* Son of El)enezer and Anna (Coombs) Wheelwright. He was born in New-
buryport February 13, 1800; married Sarah Boddily January 31, 1823; and
was (or many years a merchant in Newburyport and Boston. He died June 10,
1877.

* Born in Haverhill, Mass., February 2, 1 784. He married, September 16,
181 1, Hannah, daughter o( William and Betsey Bartlet, and died in Ncwbury|)ort,
March 26, 1873.

* Son of Dr. Oliver and Ann (Whiting) Prescott. Bom in Groton, Mass.,
March 4, 1801, he came with his father, mother, and other members of the fam-
ily, to Newburyport in 181 1, and subsequently made several voyages to the West
Indies as an ordinary seaman. He died, unmarried, in Empire City, California
October 24, 1 851.

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DR. RICHARD S. SPOFFORD.'

Here lies Richard Spofford,
His last powder is proffered,

And he out of patients has grown ;
His pills and his phials
Have taken their trials,

And now he has gone for his own.

EBENEZER SHILLABER.'

Say the best that we can.
There lies a small man

Beneath the green turf on the hill :
He's plead his last cause,
Kead his last code of laws,

And made, let us hope, his last will.

ALFRED W. PIKE.5

Here Alfred, *tis said.

Rests his logical head
From the noise of each wearisome elf ;

For having declined

All the verbs he could find,
He took to declining himself.

' Son of Dr. Amos ami Irene (Dole) Spofforcl, He was lx>rn in Rowley, Mass.,
May 24, 17S7, and began the practice of medicine in NewlHiryport in 1816. He
niurricd Mi's. Frances Marin l.onl July 13, 1829, and died in Ncwlmryptrt Janu-
ary 19, 1872.

* Son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Endicott) Shillaber. He was bom in Salem,
Mass.,! July 8, I797» and was a lawyer in Ncwburyport for several years. From
1841 to 1851 he was clerk of the courts for Essex county. He died November 8,
1856, in^Biddeford, Maine, unmarried.

• Alfred W. Pike, son of Joseph an<l I^is (Tenney) Pike, was bom in Rowley,
Mass., March 21, 1 791, and was a school teacher in Newburyport for ten or fifteen
years, lie died at his residence in Boston September 6, i860, and was buried
in the new cemetery, op|X)site the Congregational meeting-house, in Byfiehl parish,
Newbury. The stone that marks his last resting-place was erected by pupils
who received instruction from him when he was a teacher in the Newburypoit
Academy.

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CHARLES H. BALCH.'

559

Twas here Balch was dropped,
When his time-piece had stopped,

The chain having caught in the notches ;
The wheels moved too slow,
And the hands would not go.

So he^s done with his clocks and his watches.

JOHN r. BALCH.*

Mere lies Johnny T
With a chest of Bohea,

That the merchants of India gave him ;
But all the good things
That foreign trade brings

Proved at last insufficient to save him.

CALEB CUSIIING.^

Lay aside all ye dead.

For in the next bed
Reposes the body of Gushing ;

He has crowded his way

Through the world, as they say.
And even though dead will keep pushing.

* Son of Dnniel ami Liicy (lIo<lge) Balch. He was bom October 29, 1787, and
wa« a clock and watch maker. He died in Newbiiryport November 18, 1852, un-
marrie<l.

2 Son of Daniel and Martha Balch. He was bom in Newburyport October 13,
1 799, and was, for several years, a dealer in West India goods and groceries. He
married Kliralictli Jones, daughter of lion. (Icorge Thacher of Bi<ldeford, Maine,
and removed to that town, where several of his chiKlren were born. lie after-
wards resided in New N'ork city and Akron, Ohio. He died Kebmary 24, 1 847.

•• Son of John Newmarch and Lydia (Dow) Gushing. He was born in Salis-
bur)', Mass., January 17, iSco, and married, November 23, 1 824, Caroline Eliza-
iMJth, daughter of Hon, Samuel S. Wilde of Newburyport. He was a prominent
lawyer, legislator, statesman and diplomatist. He died in Newburyport January 2,

1S79.

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JONATHAN WOOD.'

Here the Major lies cold,
His cheap goods are all sold,

His snufT box was all he could proffer,
But that he'd not sell,
For he loved it too well,

So a pinch was the most he could offer.

EDMUND SWETT.'

Here lies Mr. Fairface —
More properly baref»:e —

For once he's completely beat down :
His stuff was too thin,
The grave took him in.

And gave him a stone for a crown.

HANNAH F. GOUI.D.s

Now Hannah has done

With her rhyming and fun ;
When her course from the world she was shaping.

The bells would not toll

For so little a soul,
From so mighty a body escaping.

' Sun of Juiiathaii ami Ahijrail Wu;>(l. He was born in Boxford Auj^ust 9,
1794, and in 181 5 had a shop at No. 2 State street, Newhuryport, where he sold
broadcloths, cassimeres, blankets, calicoes, sheetings, etc. In December, 1821,
he disposed of his stock in trade at auction, and probably removed from Newhury-
port soon after that date. He was major of the battalion of infantry under the
command of Lt, Col, Abraham Williams of Newhuryport.

* Son of Edmund and Abigail Swett. He was born in Newhuryport March 11,
1793, and married, October 19, 1 81 5, Mary Stone. He removed to Boston fifteen
or tw^enty years later.

* This epitaph is supposed to be the last one written by Miss Gould. She was
the daughter of Benjamin and Crizzel (Apthorp) Ciould, and was bom in Lancas-
ter, Mass., September 5, 1789. She died in Newhuryport September 5, 1866,
unmarried.

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HANNAH F. GOULD/

Here lies one whose wit

Without wounding could hit ; —
And green grow the grasses above her ; —

She has sent every beau

To the regions below,
And now she's gone there for a lover.

Paul J^unt married Hannah Adams, and not Harriet Adams
as stated on the five hundred and sixth page of this volume.

Ezra, son of Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt, born April
10, 1743, probably married Elizabeth Pearce in 1765, as
stated on the five hundred and fortieth page, and after her
death married, for his second wife, Mary (Pike) Coffin, widow
of Capt. David Coffin. His intention of marriage to Mary,
widow of Captain Coffin, was filed with the town clerk Janu-
ary 9, 1 768.

' Kor many years Caleb Cushing was supiM^sed to have written this epitaph, in
reply lo one !h'j» inning, ** I. ay aside all ye clead," prinle<l on page 559, but in a
brief note to John Ward Dean of Boston, published in the Newburyport Herald
January 15, 1879, Mr. Gushing wrote: **Thc epitaph in question was, in my be-
lief, written by Mr. Ebcnezer Bailey, certainly not by me.'*

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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
HISTORY OF NEWIIUKY.

In the letter from Robert Mason ** to his excellency Ecl-
iTiund Andros," printed on the one hundred and ninety-fifth
page of the History of Newbury, by John J. Currier, the
name •* Daniel Pierce," in the sixth line from the bottom of
the page, should read '* Daniel Davison."

The grist mills and saw mill at Pine island, owned by Daniel
Adams, jr., were destroyed by fire, December 5, 1797, as
stated on the two hundred and sixty-second page of the
History of Newbury,'. Mr. Adams subsequently built a
new grist mill in the same locality, which, after his decease,
became the property of his children. July i, 1857, Asa, son
of Daniel Adams, sold one-undivided-half of this grist mill
to Seneca Adams,' and July 9, 1858, Sarah and Edna Adams
sold the other undivided-half to Joseph N. Rolfe.» August
31, 1863, Edmund Knight purchased of the estate of Seneca
Adams one-half of the mill, with about one and a half acres
of land adjoining.** Five or six years later, the grinding of
corn by water ix>wer was found to be unprofitable ; the ma-
chinery was removed from the mill, and the building taken
down.

May 2, 1 870, Edmund Knight and Joseph N. Rolfe sold
Asa and Joseph L. Adams about one acre of marsh and
upland, " it being the premises known as the Pine Island

* History of Newbury (Currier), pages 261 ami 262; Essex I)ec<U, l>ook 147,
leaf 93, and book 149, leaf 29.

' Essex Deeds, book 555, leaf 125.

* Essex Deeds, book 575, leaf 272.

* Essex Deeds, book 660, leaf ito.

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mill lot/* reserving the right to repurchase the same within
ten years for the erection of a mill.* The land, however, was
not repurchased, and the mill was not rebuilt.

The date, January 26, 1868, on the second line from the
bottom of page three hundred and forty-five of the History
of Newbury, should read January 25, 1868.

In the Revolutionary war the men and officers under the
command of General Burgoyne were taken prisoners October
^7» ^777>at Saratoga, and sent to Massachusetts for safe
keeping until they could be exchanged and returned to Eng-
land. They were carefully guarded at Winter hill, in the
vicinity of Boston, by Continental troops detached from the
army for that purpose.* The following-named officers, in Col.
Jacob Gerrish's regiment, signed a petition, December 6,
1777, asking for food, clothing and other supplies while
guarding these prisoners.'

Jacob Gerrish^ Field Officer. John Devereux, Captain.

Henry Morrill. " »* John Dodge, "

Benjamin Gage, " " Jonathan Proctor, "

Miles Greenwood, Captain. Oliver Titcomb, "

Mark Pool, " Caleb Kimball, "

Sam» Huse, "

Samuel Wehhkr, son of John and Rachel (Harris) Web-
ber, was born in Byfield, Newbury, January {.?) 13, 1760. He
was fitted for college at Dummer Academy, and graduated
at Harvard in 1784. After completing his studies for the
ministry, he accepted, in 1787, the position of tutor of the col-
lege, and was apjx)intcd, in 1 789, Hollis professor of mathe-
matics and natural philosophy. March 11, 1806, he was
elected president of the corporation, but did not assume the
duties of that office until the twelfth of May following. In

1 Essex Deeds, book 967, leaf 113.

• History of Newbury (Currier), page 596.

' Massachusetts Archives, volume 183, pages 294 and 295.

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1 789, he married Rebecca Smith of Gloucester, and by this
marriage had the following-named children : —

George, born in 1791 ; died in 1809, unmarried.

Sophia, " " 1 792 ; died in 1 866.

Matilda, " " 1 795 ; married Prof. James F. Dana of

Dartmouth college.
Samuel, " " 1 797 ; married Anna Winslow Green

of Mcdfonl in 1833.
(ohn A., " " 1 799 ; married Sarah Heckling of Boston.
Caroline, ** ** 1801 ; died in 1825, unmarried.

He died in Cambridge July 17, 18 10.

Dennis Condry, son of Dennis and Mary (Perkins) Con-
dry, was born in Newburyport August 23, 1794. At an
early age he made several voyages to the West Indies, as an
ordinary seaman, and soon became a ship-master and ship-
owner. April 8, 1 81 3, he married Ann, daughter of Lewis
and Elizabeth (Adams) Lowell,' and November 29, 1821,
was admitted to membership in the Newburyport Marine
Society. He was captain of the ship Potomac, built, in Salis-
bury, in 1 82 1, for William Hartlet of Newburyport, and in
1840 was part owner of the ship Delia Walker, commanded
by his son, Lewis Lowell Condry.

In 1830, he purchased a lot of land, with a dwelling house
thereon, in Newbury, on the southwesterly side of High
street, opposite the head of Lime street, which he owned and
occupied for twenty-five years.'

* Lewis Ix)wcn was for ten or fifteen years keeper of the lighthouses at Plum
island.

3 The house on this lot of land was probably built in I797» by Benjamin Shaw
(Essex Deeds, book 164, leaf 28). Me was unsuccessful in business, and sold the
property to Elias Hunt in 1799 (Essex ]^ee<ls, book 166, leaf 50). Mr. Hunt
died April 20, 1820; ami his widow, Hetsey Hunt, conveyed the land, with the
buildings thereon, to Dennis Condry April 27, 1830 (Essex Deeds, book 256,
leaf 133). AmosW. Mooney purchased the house October 20, 1856 (Essex Deeds,
book 540, leaf 115), and sold it, March t6, 1874, to lliomas C. Simpson (Essex
Deeds, book 900, leaf 36). It is now the residence of his daughter, Mabel (Simp*
son) Burke, and her husband, Robert E. Burke, esq.

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Although actively engaged in commercial pursuits, he was
interested in public affairs, and was a member of the Massa-
chusetts senate in 1 846 and 1 847, and a representative to the
General Court for the session beginning January 3, 1849.
He was twice married. By his first wife, Ann (Lowell)
Condry, he had the following-named children : —

Lewis Lowell, born in Newburyport Oct. 11, 1813.
Ann, «* " Newbury Feb. 19, 1815;

married Charles Knight.
Dennis, " " Newbury Jan. 21, 181 9.

Charles Coffin, " " " March 5, 1821 ;

died Jan. 3, 1846.
Delia Walker, " " " April 26, 1824:

died Oct. 14, 1824.
Delia Walker, " " «♦ August 4, 1830;

married Richard M. Hanson of
Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 1852.

Mrs. Ann (Lowell) Condry died in i845(?) ; and Captain
Condry married, February 7, 1848, Catharine Rebecca,
(laughter of William and Sarah Justice (Mclntirc) Ikowne
ofjWashington, D. C. \^y this second marriage he had one
daughter, Sarah Browne Condry, bom in Newburyport No-
vember 9, 1848. She married, January 20, 1876, William
Nichols Field. Mr. Field died in 1893.

Captain Condry was appointed lieutenant-commander in the
United States naval transport service October 5, 1861.
After the close of the Civil war he was an inspector in the
Boston custom house for several years. He died in Roxbury,
now a part of the city of Boston, November 26, 1876.

In addition to the sons and daughters of Dr. John and
Elizabeth Newman, born in Hampton, N. H., and in Newbury,
Mass.,at the dates mentioned on the six hundred and sixty-sixth
page of the History of Newbury, they had the following-named
children baptized by Rev. John Lowell, pastor of the Third
l^arish church in Newbury, now the First Religious Society
of Newburyport.

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Elizabeth, baptized September 29, 1751.

Judith, " August 2, 1753.

Joshua, " October 26, 1756.

Mary, " January 1, 1758.

Timothy, »• March 30, 1 760.

Joanna, " March i, 1767.

An old house that stood on the corner of Ordway's lane,
now Market street, and the country road, now High street,
Newburyport, was supposed for many years to have been the
home of Elizabeth Morse, who was accused and convicted of
witchcraft in 1680 and afterwards reprieved.' It appears,
however, from recent investigation, that William Morse and
his wife Elizabeth resided at that date in a house then stand-
ing, between Water and Liberty streets, on the southeasterly
side of Market square.*

The house on the corner of Market and High streets was
probably built by Joseph Morse in 1701. He owned and
occupied it at the time of his death in 1 744.^ When it was
removed, in June, 185 1, a stately elm tree was cut down to
make room for the block of modern two-story houses now
standing there. These improvements were unfavorably com-
mented upon by many citizens, and the temporary excitement
that followed was evidently increased by the publication of
the following verses, written by Rev. Edward A. Washburn,
rector of St. Paul's church.

THE ELM OK THE OLD MORSE HOUSE.4
All night around the ancient house

The screaming winds I heard.
All night the ghosts of witches old

Were from their slumber stirred :
Amidst the black and ruined walls

The giant elm tree lay,
That cast its patriarchal arms

Above me yesterday.

1 History of Newbury (Currier), pages 186-189.

• " Ould Newbury:*' Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 628 and 629.
> *< Ould Newbury:'* Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages I40 and 141.
^ From the Newburyport Herald, June 17, 1 851.

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And as I listened, came a groan

From out the prostrate bole,
As if there breathed in one last gasp

A suffering, Dryad soul : —
" What voice is here ? ^ the sighing air

Brought back the sound of woe :
" Alas ! I was a goodly elm,

And now I lie full low.

I grew a sapling, tall and strong.

In sunshine and in storm,
My houghs made music in ihc blast,

And shade in summer warm;
My roots were fixed in' native earth.

My locks 1 waved on high.
And here, where first 1 had my birth,

1 hoped in peace to die.

Ah I many a legend strange and old

Have 1 to tell of yore,
The wonders of • oulde Newberry,'

The folk that are no more.
The Quakers wild, the witches dire.

Of Cotton Mather*s day ;
A Godly hangman, sure, was he,

A Godly priest to pray.

Ah I many a night in sad affright

Against the walls 1 leaned,
1 saw the wrinkled hags at work,

I saw the great, foul fiend :
And maidens fair with demon heart

Who revelled in their sins,
Pinched pious people black and blue.

And stuck with crooked pins.

Alas ! alas 1 those days are gone.

And gone this ancient place.
Old Newbury doth now contain

A mercenary race :
They've pulled the house upon my head,

And for an inch of ground
They've cut away the goodliest elm

In all the region round.

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They*ve chopped me up for firing wood,

They've torn me limb from limb ;
And here ihcyll put a pahry box,

All painted white and prim ; —
The villains ! if they bum me e*er

In stove or iron grate,
ril fire the house and tumble it

On every rascal pate.

May Heaven confound these new-made cits !

Their brains are out of joint ;
Theyll spoil the place from Oldtown green

As far as Salisbury point :
Mine ancient neighbors opposite'

Have heard the butchers talk
Of cutting down their reverend heads

To make a new brick walk.

No more shall I woo passers by,

And children fresh from school ;
No more in Augustus blazing noon

Shall spread my shadow cool ;
My hough has Imwcd to ruthless axe.

My glory downward sunk,
They've hacked my twigs and piled them up,

And now they pack my trunk.

Ah ! well a day ! with one last word

I leave the thankless town ;
One parting curse to blast the Coth

Who cut the old elm down ;
O listen, sympathizing friend.

Before I yield to death,
ril pour my very spirit out

In one expiring breath.

Ye Powers ! that rule o*er trees and men.

Grant him a hapless lot.
To wander like the weary Jew

In some Sahara hot

' The elm trees on the southwesterly side of High street, opposite Market street,
were cut down when the Kelly school house was built, by the city of Newbury-
port, in 1872.

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To travel all his sultry years,

And ask in vain for shade ;
And when he dies, his bleaching bones

Amid the sands be I^id.

Or, if he live, and here remain,

Then grant, O righteous Heaven
That never tree save gallows-tree

May to the wretch be given.
A murderer's heart is in the man

Who kills an aged tree ;
I do advise the Mayor wise

To watch him narrowly.

A murderer's heart is in the man

Who kills an aged tree ;
He'll kill his aged father next.

Or baby on the knee ;
Farewell — I die," — the elm tree paused.

No sound came forth again ;
I only heard the wild wind scream,

I heard the pelting rain.

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AnniTIONS AND CORKF.CTIONS.
«*OULI> NEWHURY:" historical and ltl(KiRAI*liICAL SKETCHES.

On the ninth page of ** Ould Newbury/* first line, ** the
Council for New England '* should read " the King's Privy
Council."

On the fiftieth page, sixteenth line, " Lionel North "^
should read " Lionel Worth."

En WARD Rawson, who came from England to Newbury in
1637, was elected a deputy to the General Court for the ses-
sion beginning May 2, 1638, and served for many consecutive
sessions.' He owned and occupied a dwelling house near
Parker river, and in 1642 was one of the freeholders of the
town entitled to a proi>ortionate part of the undivided land
and to all the rights and privileges of citizenship. When the
removal of the principal inhabitants from Parker river to
Merrimack river was decided upon, in 1645, Mr. Rawson was
granted several acres of land on the country road, now High
street, op|X)site the head of Poorc's lane, now Woodland
street, Newburyix)rt, where he built a house in which he
lived until he removed with his family to Boston, in 165 1.

Two hundred acres of upland and meadow land, near
birchen meadow, were granted Edward Rawson by the town
of Newbury February 24, 1637.* Subsequently, this land
was exchanged for two hundred acres of meadow and upland
on both sides of the Artichoke river.'

' **()uUI Newbury '*: HiKloricul and Itio^rapliicui SkctclicK, |)agcK 40-54; ami
llisttiry of Newbury (Currier), pnge 675.
'"< History of Newbury (Currier), page 05.
• •* Ould Newbury " : Historical and liiographical Sketches, page 50.

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April 6, 1638, Mr. Rawson and John Woodbridge were
ordered to prepare a list of the laws considered necessary for
the protection of life and property in the colony of Massa-
chusetts Bay,' and on the sixth of September following Ed-
ward Rawson, John Woodbridge and Edward Woodman were
appointed by the General Court commissioners to end small
causes in the town of Newbury.'

November 19, 1638, Mr. Rawson was elected town clerk,,
and was annually re-elected to that office for nine consecutive
years. He was interested in the attempt to manufacture
ix>wder in the colony as early as 1639, ^"^ ^^ the sixth of
June of that year was granted by the General Court five
hundred acres of land "at Pecoit, so as he go on w**^ the
business of powder, if the salt peter come."^ For the en-
couragement of this new industry the following order was
passed the same day : —

[June 6, 1639] It is ordered that if the salt peter come not Mr Rau-
son shallbee considered according to such damage as hee shall sus-
taine.-t

Owing to the. enactment of laws in England and Holland,
prohibiting the shipment of saltpetre to America, the manu-
facture of gunpowder in the colony was delayed twenty-five
or thirty years.

Mr. Rawson was elected deputy to the General Court for
the session beginning May 14, 1645, and on the eighteenth of
June following was appointed clerk of the house of deputies.^
For his services as clerk he received an annual salary of
twenty marks.

[October 18, 1645] Itt is ordered yt Mr. Rawson shallbe allowed out
of the treasury the some of twenty marks, for the service he hath donne

' History of Newbury (Currier), page 56.

^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 239.

' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 263.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Kecords, volume I, page 260.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume 111, page 28.

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in keeping & transcribing the recrds of the House of Depu's for the
time past.'

[November 4, 1646] Itt is ordered ye Edward Rawson shall have
twenty markes allowed him for his paines, out of y« next levy, as secrtr
to ye Howse of Deput» for two yeeres past. By both howses.*

He was associated with Joseph Hills, who subsequently
married the widow of Henry Lunt of Newbury, in codifying
the laws of the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1648.' An
order adopted by the General Court in March, 1647-8, reads
as follows : —

The CoUe doth desire that Mr Kawson & Mr Hill compare ye amend-
ment of the bookes of lawes passed & make them as one ; & one of
them to remaine in ye hands of y«-* comiltee for y« speedy comitting of
them to the presse & y«: otlu to remaine in yc hands of yc Secretary,^
sealed up, till y* next Corle.s

In May, 1648, John Winthrop, jr., was granted three thou-
sand acres of land, " neere to the Narraganset country," uix>n
condition that he begin the manufacture of salt and make
one hundred tons within three years. The same day the fol-
lowing order was passed by the General Court : —

In answere to the request of Mr John Wilson, pastor of the church of
Boston, and Mr Edwd Rawson of Newberry, to whom this Co«t formrly
granted 1 500 acres in the Pequod country, the Corie doth thinke it meete
to have their 1500 acres layd out next <\: adjoining to the 3000 acres
granted to Mr John Winthrope at Pacatuck, neere the Narraganset Coun-
try, togethr also ; or in case Mr Winthrop performe not the condition
wth respect to the time limited, that then the 1 500 acres of the said John
Wilson & £dwd Rawson shalbe of the said 3000 acres granted to the
said John Winthrop.^

1 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 61.
' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 83.

* See brief sketch of Henry Lunt and some of his descendants on preceding
pages 503 and 504.

* Increase Nowcll was secretary of the colony from June, 1 639, to May, 1 650.
^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 230.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 241, and volume III,
page 126.

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For the purpose of encouraging the manufacture of powder
the General Court passed an order requiring the inhabitants
of every town in the colony to join together *' for the breed-
ing of salt pecter in some out house used (or poultry ; " ' and,
October 27, 1648, granted Edward Rawson five hundred
acres of land for assistance rendered in establishing and de-
veloping that industry.

The Corte, haveing taken into their serious considration the great for-
wardnes & readines of Mr Edw<» Rawson to advance so hopeful! a de-
signe as the makeing of salt peter wtiiin this jurisdiction, who io\ that
end & purpose hath disbursed certain moneyes, to his great losse &
d:iniaj[»c, prscnlrd lo us at lar^c in his pclition ddiv^cd into this prscnt
Corlc, have therefore, in consideration of the p^mises & answere to his
said petition, given & granted to him & his heires 500 ac of land at Pe-
quot, to be layd out by the appointm* of the Co^te, as also five pound, to
be paid him out of the treasury.*

[October 17, 1649] Mr ICdw<i Kawson haveing resigned up his 500
acres of kind forindy granted him in p't of recompense of his damage
sustained about yc salt pceter, the Corte have thought meete to alow him
thirty pounds, in full satisfaction, whereof the five pound formdy gran ted
is accounted a part.3

May 2, 1649, Edward Rawson, Richard Bellingham, In-
crease Nowell and Joseph Hill were appointed by the General
Court " to examine the public writings received fro"" the form'
Gov'^n' & put them in order fitingly ; & they are to do it w"'in
5 weeks."^

May 22, 1650, Mr. Rawson was elected secretary of the
colony of Massachusetts Bay, and served in that capacity
until the charter was vacated in 1684. He was appointed to
many positions of emolument and trust by the General Court ;
and attended to the duties assigned him with promptness and
fidelity ; and was a member of the committee appointed to
revise the laws of the colony October 18, 1650.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 29.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records^ volume 11, page 261.
^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 283.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 271.

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Itt is ordered that Richard Bellingham, Esquire, the secretary [Edward
Rawson] and Mr. [Joseph] Hill, or any two of them, are appointed a
comittee to take order for the printing the Lawes agreed vppon to be
printed, to determine of all things in reference thereunto, agreeing with
the president for the printing of them with all expedition, and to allow
the title if there be cause.*

October 14, 165 1, Mr. Rawson was ap[K)inted recorder for
the county of Suffolk in place of William Aspinwall, who,
for misconduct, was removed by the General Court, and or-
dered to deliver up all the records belonging to the county.*
When John Hull was authorized to coin silver money for the
use of the colony, Mr. Rawson, who still retained the office
of secretary, was appointed, with Richard Bellingham, Capt.
John Leverett and others, by the General Court, May 27,
1652, to select a convenient place for the mint house in Bos-
ton, and make all the arrangements necessary to carry on the
work of the mint judiciously and promptly.*

June 2, 1653, Mr. Rawson was allowed compensation for
his service as clerk of the commissioners of the United Col-
onies, as stated in the following order : —

The secretary and his man having for this months time, and more,
binn very much imploied to write for our commissioners, both theire acts
and transcribing the letters and artikles to the Dutch &c, the Court doth
judge it meete, and orders that the secretary be satisfied out of the next
country rate, eight pence p page, as the lawe provides in another case ;
and that the severall proportions of the other colonies be by the auditor
taken notice of, that it may be brought to account.4

In 1653, Mr. Rawson was one of the commissioners ap-
pointed to confer with the inhabitants of Wells, Cape Por-
pus and Saco, Maine, in regard to the bounds and limits of
the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and subsequently petitioned

' MaMachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 35.

* MaMachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 68.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 261.

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 146.

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the General Court for compensation. In answer to this peti-
tion he was granted, November i, 1654, two hundred acres of
upland and meadow, on **Quochecho River, above Dover
bounds," and Capt. Bryan Pendleton and Peter Coffin were
ordered to lay it out.' May 15, 1657, he was granted addi-
tional land, as follows : —

The Court, in reference to ye secretary Edward Rawsons service wth
other gentmn for the eastward doe graunt vnto him two hundred acres
of land, to be laid out vnto him beside wt was confirmed to him on
Quochecho River, in any place not interfering wth former graunts.*

October 18, 1659, Mr. Rawson's salary was increased to
sixty pounds per annum, by the adoption of the following
order : —

The Court, considering that the secretary hath served the countrie for
many yeers in that place, whose time hath altogether binn taken vp wth
the weighty occasions of the countrie, which haue beene & are incum-
bent on him [the neglect whereof would be an inevitable & great preju-
dice to the pulique] and himself oft times forced to hire a dark to helpe
him, which hath cost him some yeeres twenty pounds per annu, and
every yeere spending of his owne estate a considerable some beyond
what his estate will beare, nor is it for the honour of the country that
such an officer, so necessary, who hath also binn found failhfull & able
in the discharg of the trust comitted to him, should want due encour-
agement, doe therefore order, that the present secretary shall have, from
the eleventh of May last, the some of sixty pounds per annu for his
sallery, to continew yeerly vntill this Court shall order & provide some
other mecte recompense.3

October 16, 1660, the following order was adopted by the
General Court, granting to Mr. Rawson a gratuity of two
hundred and fifty acres of land for his labor in compiling and
preparing the laws of the colony for the press.

' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 2ii.
s Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part T, page 304.
* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 391.

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Whereas Mr Edward Rawson was imployed by this Court for the
drawing vp of the booke of laucs before it was performed by Majo»^
Gentl Dennison, this Court, being willing to acknowledg the labors of
such as are imploied for ye publicke behooflfe, doe judge meete, as a gra-
tuity for his paines, to graunt him two hundred and fifty acres of land in
any place not yet dis|>osed of by this Court.'

August 8, 1 66 1, Mr. Rawson, secretary of the colony, in
the presence of the governor, deputy governor, magistrates,
deputies, a large number of citizens, several companies of
soldiers, "and one troope of horse," assembled in Boston,
proclaimed Charles the Second "lawfull King of Great
l^rittaine, France & Ireland, and all other territories &
dominions thereunto l^elonginpj/*

in the discharge of his public duties Mr. Rawson was fre-
quently called upon to assist in the settlement of questions
relating to the government of the colony, and often paid from
his private purse bills that were afterward brought to the
attention of the General Court and settled at various dates
by the adoption of the following orders and resolves : —

[October 22, 1677] The Court, vpon information of Mr. Rausons
extraordinary reall expences out of purse lately, as djet, wayting on the
council, for paper also, and hiring persons to write for him, as, being
demonstrated, he is in disburs, it is ordered, that the Treasurer pay him
forty pounds in money in consideration thereof, besides his ordinary
sallery.'

[October 15, 1679] In ansr to the humble remonstrance & peticon of
Kdward Rawson, the Court judgeth it meet to grant the peticoner fivety
pounds in or as money, to be payd him out of the publick treasury.3

[March 16, 1680-1] In an ansr to the humble motion & request of
Edward Rauson, it is ordered, that the fowerteen pounds the Treasurer
demands of the Secretary be chardged to the countrys account & that
the Treasurer pay him twenty pounds more in country pay & this to be
in sattisfaction for extraordinary service done, as in the peticon, besides
his sallery.4

1 Massachusetts liay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, pages 441 and 442.

2 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 171.
' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 252.
^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 306.

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[October iO| 1683] In answer to a motion made, the Corte doe grant
to Mr Edward Rawson five hundred acres of land, to be layd out in any
free place, not prejudicing any plantation.*

The charter of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay was an-
nulled in 1684. A provisional government was organized in
1686, and Joseph Dudley appointed president. In December
of that year, Sir Edmund Andros, governor-in-chief of all
New England, arrived in Boston and assumed control of pub-
lic affairs. Previous to his arrival the records and papers, in
the custody of Edward Rawson, were placed in the hands of
a committee appointed to receive them. No sessions of the
General Court wore held until after the revolution in 1689,
which resulted in the overthrow of Governor Andros.

When the new charter was granted by the King, and the
Province of Massachusetts Bay organized, in 1692, Mr. Raw-
son was too old to take an active ixirt in the administration of
public affairs. ITc died August 27, 1693, aged seventy-eight,
at his residence in Rawson's lane, now Bromfield street, ik^ston.

The ferry at Carr's island was probably abandoned previ-
ous to the incorporation of Newburyport, as stated on the
seventy-fifth page of " Ould Newbury,'* and several attempts
were made to re-establish it without success. The court of
general sessions, held at Ipswich in March, 1773, issued the
following order : —

On reading the Petition of Richard Carr & James Carr shewing that
they are owners of the Island in Merrimack River, called Carr's Island,
that formerly there was a Ferry kept up & maintained from s'd Island to
the main Land at Newbury & a Bridge between the same Island & Sal-
isbury, that s'd Petitioners apprehend that if a Bridge & Ferry were
again kept in the same places the Public would be greatly served &c (as
by s'd Petition on file) & praying the Court to enquire by a committee of
the Expediency thereof &c

Ordered that William Browne, Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant & Richard
Saltonstall, Esq, be a Committee to inquire into the necessity & con-

* MasaaqhuKtts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 418.

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venience of having a Bridge & Ferry as set forth in s*d Petition & take
a view of s*d Island &c & make a Report at next Term.*

The committee failed to report at the appointed time, and
the case was continued from term to term for two or three
years, until the beginning of the Revolutionary war, when it
was quietly dropped from the docket.

Mary, daughter of George and Elizabeth Carr, Iwrn Feb-
ruar}' 24, 165 1-2, as stated on the seventy-sixth page, married
Rev. James Bailey (or Bayley), who was born in Newbury
September 12, 1650. He graduated at Harvard college in
1669, and was settled, October 28, 1671, pastor of the First
Parish church in " Salem Village,*' now Danvers, Mass.,
where he officiated until 1679, when he removed to Killing-
worth, Conn., where his wife died October 28, 1688.

Sarah, sister of Mary (Carr) Bailey, married Thomas
Baker of Boston, not William Hinckley of Hampton, N. H.,
as stated on the page above-named,* and Ann, a younger
sister, married Thomas Putnam of Danvers November 22, 1678.

John Carr, brother of Mary, Sarah and Ann Carr, was
evidently disappointed in love. He was anxious to marry
Jemima True of Salisbury, but the match was broken off, on
account of his youth it is said, and he became despondent,
morose and at times partially insane. He died September
23, 1689, and Mrs. Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, wife of Capt.
Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, was accused of having de-
throned his reason by witchcraft, and filled his mind, weak-
ened by disease, with disordered fancies.^ At her trial in
1692 the sworn statements of Richard and James Carr were
presented to the court by the prosecuting attorney, but Wil-
liam Carr, an older brother, having faith in her blameless life

1 Records of the Court of General Sessions, 1764-1777, page 30a
' Sarah, daughter of William and Elizalieth Carr, born August 13, 1681, prob-
ably married William Hinckley of Hampton, N. H., December 30, 1700 (Old
Families of Salisbury and Amesbury (Hoyt), volume I, page 86).

* Mrs. Bradbury was the daughter of John and Judith Perkins of Ipswich, She
married Thomas Bradbury in 1636, and died December 20, 1700, in the eighty-
eighth year of her age.

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and high moral character, testified strongly in her defence.
She was convicted, however, and sentenced to death, but
managed in some way to escape punishment, and lived for
several years after that date in Salisbury."

Richard Carr, born April 2, 1659, son of George and

Elizabeth Carr, married Dorothy for his first wife (not

Elizabeth , as stated on the above-named page). She

died August 3, 1694, and he married, February 20, 170 1-2,
Sarah Healey for his second wife. She died January 8,
1726-7, and August 10, 1727, Mr. Carr married for his third
wife Sarah Greeley. Richard and Dorothy Carr had the
following-named children : — '

Samuel, bom June 16, 1686.
Dorothy, " July 20, 1688.

Elizabeth, " JuDe9, 1691.
Richard, " January 3, 1693-4.

By his second marriage Mr. Carr had two sons, namely : —

James, bom November 30, 1702.
John, " in August, 1 706.

By his third marriage Mr. Carr had no children. He died
September 11, 1727.

On the one hundred and eighth page of " Ould Newbury,"
last line, ** Dec. 26, 1647," should read " May 26, 1647.*'

On the one hundred and fifty-fifth page, fifth line from the
bottom of the page, *' Dudley Atkins Tyng ** should read
** Dudley Atkins."

On the one hundred and seventy-first page, fifth line from
the top of the page, " Samuel Brocklebank Coffin " should
read '* Brocklebank Samuel Coffin."

* Salem Witchcraft (Charles W. Upham), volume II, pages 225-238.
' Old Fs^milies of Sc^Hsbury and Amesbury (Hoyt), volume I, page 87.

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, Henry Sewall, oldest son of Henry and Margaret (Graze-
brook) Sewall, was baptized in St. Michael's church, Coven-
try, England, April 8, 1576. He married Anne Hunt, prob-
ably,' and came to Newbury when he was nearly sixty years
of age, with, perhaps, a second wife, named Ellen, according
to the Massachusetts Bay Colony Records.

With the consent & ntt the desire of Henry Seawall <X: Kllen his wife,
the Court hath ordered that his said wife shalbe att herowne disposeall,
for the place of her habitacon, & that her saide husband shall allowe
her her weareing app^ell & XXip ann, to be paide quarterly, as also a
bedd with furniture to it.*

Mr. Sewall was exceedingly irritable, easily provoked, and
at times mentally unbalanced, or perhaps mildly insane. He
was dissatisfied with the quantity and quality of the land
granted him by the town of Newbury, and appealed to the
General (^lourt for relief.

[March 12, 1637MS] Mr. Henry Seawall's business & difference wU»
the towne of Neweberry is referd to M«" John Winthrope, junior, Mr
Kichrd Saltonstall & Mr Symon Uradstreetc to heare & to certify how
they find the case to the General Courte.3

This committee, finding no cause for complairtt, made no
report, and the town of Newbury, after careful consideration,
decided to make no change in the bounds and limits of the
grant. This decision was evidently unsatisfactory to Mr.
Sewall, and for his subsequent miscx)nduct he was ordered to
appear at the Ipswich court and give bond for his future
good behavior.

[March 3, 1639-40] Mr. Henry Seawall, for his contemptuous speech
& carriage to Mr Saltonstall, was enjoyned to acknowledg his fault pub-
lickely at Ipswich Court 6i to bee of ^ood behavior & was enjoyned to
appear at the next Quarter Court, vnles the Court of Ipswich do release

1 Hiitory of Newbury (Coffin), page 317; " Oiild Newbury": Historical and
Biographical Sketches, page 247.

2 Massachufietts Bay Colony Records (October 6, 1635), volume I, page 163.
' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records^ volume I, page 222.

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him from the good behavior & from his appearance at the Quarter
Court, hee bound himself e in 66;^ 13s \^ for his appearance and good
behavior*

Several months previous to his quarrel with Mr. Salton-
stall he was accused of assaulting his wife.

Henry Seawall, being p'sented by the grandiury for beating his wife,
is referd to the Court of Ipswich to examine & hee to appear wthout
any new summons.'

When the new settlement on the right bank of Merrimack
river was decided upon and laid out, in 1645, Mr. Sewall
removed to Rowley. In October, 1650, he was accused
of disturbing the congregation assembled for public worship
in the meeting house in that town, and also for assaulting the
son of William Acey and " drawing blood."*

In December, 1650, Humfrey Rayner, Thomas Mighell,
Ezekiel Northend and Matthew Boyce of Rowley certified
that Mr. Showell was walking in the foremost seat in the
meeting-house of Rowley, near the pulpit. Rev. Ezekiel
Rogers being present and ready to step into the pulpit to
begin prayer, said, '* Mr. Showell, cease your walking." Mr.
Showell answered, " You should have come sooner," etc.
Showell continuing his walk, the pa.stor said, ** Mr. Showell,
remember where you are ; this is the house of God." Mr.
Showell answered with a loud voice, " I know how to behave
myself in the house of God as well as you," etc. Then the
pastor said, '* Rather than that he disturb the congregation,
put him out." Mr. Showell replied, " Let us see who dare."
After this a brother six)kc to him in a friendly way, but Mr.
Showell, with a stern countenance and threatening manner,
said he would take a course with .some of us, etc. On another
Lord's day, Mr. Showell was walking in the meeting-house, a

* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 286.
' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 233.
' The Essex Antiquarian, volume IX, page 4J.

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part of the congregation being assembled, he, looking up,
said, <^ Good Lord, this day is spent, I know not how, and
nothing is yet done," expressing some trouble in other
words.'

For these contemptuous speeches Henry Sewall was pre-
sented to the Ipswich court March 26, 1651, and ordered to
make acknowledgement in the Rowley meeting-house or pay
a fine of forty shillings. He accepted the first alternative,
and made the following acknowledgement : —

1 Henry Sewall being prsenled to the Court holden at Ipswich in the
first month 1651 for contemptuous speaches & gestures, to the reverend
Mr Ezeekiell Rogers & others in the publiqe meeting; and the truth
thereof being prooved by full Testimony; vpon which as part of ye
fentencc I am inioyned to make my confession & acknowledgment of
my great sinne against god & ofTence against his messinger & espetially
in charging Matthew Boyse about buying my howse for the removall of
me out of Towne which was denyed by him & not proved by me. I doe
now in the presence of god & this reverand assemblage freely acknowledg
my evell according to the full extent of the Testimonies and doe earnest-
ly desire you all to pray to the god of all wisdom & grace to pardon
these & all other my sinnes and to guide me in his blessed wa3re8 of
Truth & peace for tyme to come.*

Notwithstanding this public acknowledgement and confes-
sion Mr. Sewall was frequently called upon to apologize
for his subsequent misconduct. In September, 1653, he
was presented by the grand jury in the court at Ipswich
for misdemeanors in the public meetings and for striking
William Acey on the face in the open street.' At the session
of the court held in March, 1654, he was presented for push-
ing Mr. Jewett in a very offensive manner in the public as-
sembly on the Lord's day ;* and, March 27, 165 5, he was fined
for striking William Asye and "justleing" Mr. Jewett. $

1 The Essex Anti(|uarian, volume IX, page 128; and History of Newbury (Cof-
fin), page 61.

* The Essex Antiquarian, volume IX, page 128.
' The Essex Antiquarian, volume X, page 86.

* The Essex Antiquarian, volume X, page 176.

* The Essex Antiquarian, volume XI, page 24.

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His conduct od these and other occasions indicate that he
was not in his right mind during the last years of his life.
He died in Rowley in March, 1657, in the eighty-first year
of his age.

On the two hundred and forty-eighth page of " Ould New-
bury,'* eighteenth line from the top of the page, '* April 17,
1678,'* should read "August 17, 1678."

On the two hundred and sixty-fifth page, twelfth line from
the top of the page, *' 1698 " should read '* 1697."

On the two hundred and ninety-fifth page, sixth line from
the top of the page, " Long Dutton ** should read *' Long
Ditton."

On the three hundred and eighty-second page, third line
from the bottom of the page, " 1722 " should read " 1723."

On the three hundred and ninety-third page, " John Kel-
by," numbered eighty-one in the list of names on that page,
should read " John Kelly.*'

On the four hundred and thirtieth page, twelfth line from
the bottom of the page, ''November 3, 1728," should read
''December 18, 1725."

The communication to which reference is made, on page
four hundred and fifty-one, was printed in the Newburyport
Daily Herald July fourteenth, and in the Semi- Weekly Her-
ald July 16, 1 84 1. Another communication, published March
25, 1850, announced the removal of the painting described
in the first communication.

Some interesting and quaint epitaphs, from gravestones in
the Old Hill burying-ground, have been printed on pages four
hundred and fifty-three to four hundred and sixty-three of
" Ould Newbury." From other monuments and memorial
tablets still standing in this old graveyard the following in-
scriptions have been recently copied by Sidney Perley, esq.,
of Salem, Mass.

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In Memory of

Capt. Jbrbmiah 1'earson,

who Departed this Life

January the 3d,

1768,

in the 69th Year

of his Age.

Depart my Friends dry up your Tears

I muft lU hear till chri/t appears

In Afem(fry of

Cai'y Gideon Wood well,

who died

Aug^t 24, 1790

aged 70 years.

In Memory of

Cap* Nicolas Tracy,

who departed this

Life May yc 7,y\

1787,

AC talis 61.

Sacked

To the Memory

M« Sarah Crofs

(The beloved wife of

Mr Ralph Crofs)

who departed this life

in a well grounded hope

of eternal glory,

June ye 13th, 1787;

In the 791'' year of

his age.

Her Hufband was known in ye gate,

when he fat among the elders.

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In Memory of

Capt William Davenport,

who departed this Life

Septrzd, 1773.
Aged 58 Years.

In Memory of

Capt. Moses Brown

who died at Sea Jany ist 1804,

Aged 62,

And his Sons Capt«> William

Brown lost at Sea 1 799,

Aged 31,

Cap* Moses Jkown 3** drowned

Dec 22<i 1797. Aged 27.

In fnemory of

Steimibn Cross, esq.

who died

Mar. 3i"«, 1809

aged 78.

Also Isaac his Son

lost at Sea 1 795

yfi"/. 27.

Sacred to the memory

of
Mr Ralph Crofs,
Who ferved God & the Prefbeterian
Church as a ruling Elder in this
town more tlian XL years
being a faithful reprover of vice
both in public and private ^
Finifh'd a life of Exemplary piety
in a well Grounded hope
of eternal glory

Janr ye 4th 1788; In the 82^
year of his age .

Glory with all her lamps jhall bum
And watch the Chri/tiansfleepin^clay
Till the laft trumpet rouje his urti
To aid the triumph of the day.

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^"^ ^ Of

Mr. Philip Coombs,
who died in France Jany 1757 ;
J^i, 52 ;
And Mrs. Lydia Coombs;
his wife,
who died June 2y^ 1 794 Mt. 78 ;
The influence of real pUty prevailed thro their
Characters ^ &* reflected a lufture on the Religion of
Jeflis, which they emin^^tfy adorn* d^ b* for many
years were diftinguifed members of the
Pre/by terian Church in this Town,

Great Gou^ to thee we rai/e our fong^
Thine were the graces that ettrich'd their mifuls
We blefs thee that they fhofufo bright^
And left fo fair a track of pious life behind.

In Memory of
M" Jane Coombs,

late Con fort of
M' William Coombs
who Died April of^ 1 783
Aged 44 Years.
The Woes on Woes have fiuiden^d thy lafl years
And Anguifh keen^ has caufd a sea of tears
Ileav'n wounds to heal^ marks the long laboring breaft
Difsolves the nighty and guides thee to thy reft.

Sacred

to the memory of

William Coombs, Jun.

Son of Mr William and

Mrs Jane Coombs

who died

January 7tH 1785 aged

1 8 years

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In Memory of

Mr William Coombs

who slept in Jesus

May 28, 1814, i*:t 78

A bright example

of all which ennobles the man

and adorns the Christian;

he lived to God,

to his country and mankind

and died universally beloved,

honored and lamented.

For me to live is Chrisi^ 6f* to die is ^nin.

Sacred to the Memory of

Elder Kohert Murray,

Father of the

Rev. John Murray of this Town ;

who, after a long courfe of diAinguifh'd piety

departed this Life,

in full alTurance of

a blefsed immortality,

Dec. I3»l» 1790, Aii. 91.

Here lies the Body of

Mm MARGARET SMITH,

Wife of

Doctr JOSIAH SMITH,

who departed this Life,

April 18th 1781,

in the 34th Year of her Age.

The Spider's moft attenuated Thread

Is Cord, is Cable to Man's tender tie

On earthly Blifs.

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In Memory

Capt Benjamin Perkins

who departed this Life

9 of March, 1797

In the 48 year of

his age.

In Memory of
Doct^ Enoch Sawyer, who
(after a long Series of y« moft exquiiite
Pain ; which he bore with the fortitude
of the Hero, and the relignation of
a Chriftian) departed this Life
Nov I5H» 1 77 1. Aged 77 Years.
He was an able, experienced Phyiician,
and a truly honeft Man.

No longer his all healing art avaitd^
and every Remedy its M after Jailea.

Here darknefs dive//^
^^^^,,^on for proud ,,^^^

X^uon for proud /,

Under this mournful Stone

lie the remains of

ANNA,

Wife of

TIMOTHY PALMER,

who changed this mortal Life, for that

of immortality, on the 2t»t day of

JULYy^D. 1786.

In the 3 2d Year of her age.

O the sojt commerce ! O the tender ties,
Ciofe twifted tvith the Fibres of the Heart!
Which broken^ break them; nnd drain off the foul
Of human joy ; and make it pain to live —
And is it then to live f When fuch Friends part,
*Tis the Survivor dies — my Heart! no more.

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In memory of

MR, TIMOTHY PALMER,

who died Dec. ig, 1821,

Agedyo,

Also In memory of

John, son of Andrews ana

Elizabeth Palmer,

who died in Amsterdam

Dec. 4, iSiy ; Aged 24.

Here lies Buried ,
The Body of Mr
Thomas Savage
Who departed this Life

August ye 23d 1 749 ,

Aged 84 years & 10 mos.

say

f/ .

Here lies the Body ..-;'/ . «.•

of Mrs. Mehetable Savage . ; L.

ye wife of Mr Thomas

Savage and daughter ' ^

to Mr. Henry and Mar)' •• r'i nj

Phillips late of Boston > > ' , 1 > -*

who departed this life

June 6th 1737 in ye 7o»h ,

year of her age.

In Memory of
Fortune '^ '

A faitliful servant t

who died July 16, 1804
this stone is erected by

Tristram Dalton/ ^'

■'.} )

i*omp Fuller i

Died Sept 16, 1794, aged 35

Some hearty friend may drop a tear
On my dry bones, and say,

These once were strong as mine appear,
And mine must be as they.'

*Newburyport Herald, March 28, 1866.

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On the four hundred and sixty-ninth page of ** Ould New-
bury," fourth line from the bottom of the. page, ♦* July 25,
1785," should read '•April 2, 1779."

On the four hundred and seventy-seventh page, the date
*' 1 841/' in the note at the bottom of the page, should read
" 1741."

On the four hundred and eighty-first ixigc, first line, the
date '* 1796" should read ** 1794," and **at the same time,"
on the next line, should read •' three years previously."

Mary, eldest daughter of Tristram Dalton, whose resi-
dence is described on pages four hundred and seventy-five to
four hundred and eighty-three, inclusive, of ** Ould New-
bury," married, August 21, 1794, Leonard White of Haver-
hill, Mass., Rev. Edward Bass, D. D., rector of St. Paul's
church, Newburyport, officiating.

The engraving of Wolfe tavern, enlarged and reproduced
in the half-tone print on the five hundred and second page of
" Ould Newbury," attracted considerable attention when it
was first published in 1807. It was engraved by William
Hooker, and not by James Aiken, as stated on page five
hundred and three. See duplicate copy, page three hundred
and seventy-eight, second volume, History of Newburyport
(Currier).

Nancy, only daughter of Timothy Dexter, bom August
16, 1776, as stated on the five hundred and seventy-sixth
page, married, March 11, 1792, Abraham Bishop of New
Haven, Conn., Rev. Edward Bass., D. D., rector of St. Paul's
church, Newburyport, officiating.

The statement on the five hundred and eighty-fourth page
that Eleazer Johnson died in 1847, leaving only one son,
Richard, who was bom in 1815, is incorrect. He left several
children. His son Richard, born in 181 3 (not 1815), has
descendants now living.

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The date " 1838," in the eleventh line on the six hundred
and ninth page should read " 1832.'*

The clock purchased in 1837 by the town of Newburyport,
as stated on the six hundred and twenty-seventh page, was
placed in a niche on the outer wall of a brick building on the
westerly side of Market square, near Inn street. Ten or
twelve years later it was removed to a more conspicuous po-
sition on the market house, where it remained until 1896,
when it was replaced by a new one, the gift of John T. Brown,
esq.

Abraham Wheelwright died October 14, 1850, not "April
19, 1852," as printed at the top of page six hundred and
forty-five. His wife, Rebecca (Knight) Wheelwright, died
November 5, 1835. Elizabeth Cogswell Wheelwright, who
married George Greenlcaf October 19, 1813, died May 7,
1844, not*' in May, 1894," as printed on the above-named
page. Mr. Greenleaf married his second wife, Mrs. Mary S.
Huse (widow), September 21, 1847.

In the sixth line from the top of the six hundred and sixty-
seventh page, after the name " Mary Perkins ** add the word
** Johnson."

*• Rev. Samuel J. May,'* in the ninth line from the bottom
of the six hundred and ninety-first page, should read " Rev.
Joseph May.**

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IX.

THE BRIGANTINR WARREN.

The thirty-two gun frigate Warren was one of several ves-
sels built in 1776 under an act passed by the Continental
congress for the defence of the sea-coast/ She was well
equipped for active service and captured and sent into
port several valuable prizes. In July, 1779, under the
command of Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, she was ordered, with
other vessels belonging to the navy, to the mouth of Pe-
nobscot river. After an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge
the English forces at that place, she escaped up the river, and
was subsequently destroyed to prevent her from falling into
the hands of the enemy.'

In 1799, a smaller vessel, — the brigantine Warren, carrying
eighteen guns, — was built, under the supervision of Nich-
olas Johnson of Newburyport, by Daniel Webster of Salis-
bury. She was launched September 26, 1 799, and was after-
wards fitted for sea in Newburyport. Some interesting facts
relating to her construction and subsequent career will be
found in the following pages.

Navy Department, April 4, 1799.
Sir.

The favorable Reports 1 have received respecting the ship of War
Merrimack, built under the direction of the Committee at Newbury
Port, of which you were a member, incline me to have built at the same
place one of the 18 Gun Brigs authorized by Congress at their last
session.

1 History of the United States Navy (Maclay), volume I, page 36.

* History of the United States Navy (Maclay), volume I, pages 97-100.

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From your knowledge and experience I flatter myself that under your
superintendence (he public will obtain a valuable vessel. I request,
therefore, that you will immediately make arrangements for building a
Briga calculated to carry Eighteen 9 Pounders with advantage, agreea-
bly to such model and dimensions as you shall approve. She must be
built of the best seasoned Timber your country affords, and completed
within as short a period as may consist with a faithful execution of the
workmanship. Her construction should be calculated to unite strength
with fast sailing, she should have room enough in her hold to carry
Water and Provisions for 100 to 120 men for 6 months and her Tonnage
must not exceed 360 Tons. You will please to observe that the Law
will not admit of the.sc ves-sels carrying more than 18 Guns, they cannot
exceed that number, for which they must be calculated in the first in-
stance, and I presume may be made as formidable as any vessels in the
world of the same size. I rely entirely on your good judgment in the
execution of this business, and think it unnecessary to furnish either
model or dimensions from hence. I am particular as to the number of
Guns because our Captains are very fond of introducing additional Guns
and by this means crowding their vessels without any manner of use.

When tJiQ ves.set is completed it will b^ proper that 1 should be fur-
nished with a draft of her in order that if she proves to possess supe-
rior good (|uatities, her model may be adopted in future.

You will be pleased to advise me from time to time of the progress
made and of the sums to be remitted you. Your commission for this
service will be two p cent as heretofore, and your Accounts for the Ex-
penditure are to be transmitted to Mr. Winder agreeably to the forms he
has pointed out.

The Hriga must be copper bolted and sheathed. If you cannot pro-
cure the bolts, spikes &c give mc timely notice and I will endeavour to
forward them from this place.

I have the honor to be. Sir,

Your obedt & hWe Servent,

Ben Stoddert.

Nicholas Johnson ICsq,
Newbury Fort.'

The vessel was built at Salisbury under the supervision of
Capt. Nicholas Johnson, as stated in the notices published in
the Newburyport Herald.

' ra|)er8 in the possession of the Old Newbury Historical Society.

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Yesterday a fine coppered ship called the Warren, of i8 guns, was
launched at Salisbury from the yard of Mr. Daniel Webstet. The river
Merrimack has been justly celebrated for the excellent vessels it has
produced. Mr. Webster has added to the number of those which arc
allowed to be superior in materiab and workmanship. The Warren
has a figure head, which gentlemen pronounce to be a striking likeness
of the Hero whose name she bears.

Cai*t. Timothy Newman of this town is appointed to the command
of the Warren.*

•

The beautiful U. S. ship Warren, Timothy Newman, Esq., com-
mander, now lying in this harbor, is completely rigged and has neariy
her full complement of men — fine hardy sons of Neptune, shipped with-
out solicitation, to defend the insulted commerce of their country. She
only waits orders to proceed to President's roads. May she be as use-
ful as she will be ornamental to our young navy.*

Yesterday the U. S. ship Warren, Capt. T. Newman, sailed from this
port for the President's Koad.i

She arrived safely at her destination, and Captain Johnson
was subsequently authorized to make certain payments to the
officers and crew, as stated in the following letter : —

Boston, Nov. 28th, 1 799.
Sir.

I have to inform you of the Warren*s anchoring in Nantasket roads.
Capt. Tappan is alongside delivering the stores on board. Tomorrow
morning expect to come up to President road. The ship proves very
well & no doubt will sail very fast. It will be necessary to take in 10 or
12 tons more Pig iron to bring her by the stem. We want 17 to com-
pleat our complement of men, viz : — 9 able seamen, 7 ordinary seamen,
and one boy, exclusive of one Boatswain's mate, one Master at Arms, &
one Quarter Gunner, all of which I expect may be easily procured. By
despatches from the Secretary of the Navy I may soon expect to receive
sailing orders.

1 am sir

Your obedient servant

TiMOTiiv Nbwman.
Capt. Nicholas Johnson, Navy Agent.

> Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, September 27, 1799.
^ Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, November 12, 1799.
•• Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, November 26, 1 799.

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Navy Department,

26th Fcby 1800. .
Sir.

I am honored with your letter of the 3rd instant.

The charge of 250 Drs which you have made for superintending the
building of the ship Warren appears reasonable and is allowed. The
balance due you on the adjustment of your accounts shall be remitted as
soon as the accountant makes his report to me thereon.

Enclosed herewith is a list of the powers of Atto left by the crew of
the ship Warren to receive part of their pay in their absence, agreeably
to which, if the powers be authenticated by the signatures of the Cap-
tain & Purser of the ship, you will be pleased to make the payments
quarterly as they become due, and advertise in the News papers for the
persons holding the powers (o apply to you.

Timothy Turner Esquire, accountant of this department, will point
out the mode of keeping the accounts & of taking receipts, to which you
will be pleased to conform.

Whenever you hear of the arrival of the Vessel at any port of the
United States, it will be proper to suspend all further payments and to
send to this ofTice immediately, and to the purser, an account of all the
monies &c paid as aforesaid, that the proper stoppages may be made in
settlement with the men.

A remittance of 2000 Dollars is now ordered to enable you to make
the payments for the first quarter.

I have the honor to be

Sir, yr mo ob. ser.

Ben Stoooert.

r. S. Although the payments are directed to be paid quarterly,
which is intended as a measure of safety, lest payments might be made
for services of people who had ceased to perform them, yet when appli-
cation is made by persons who appear to be really in want, you may dis-
pense with the general ntic and pay them monthly. B. S.

Nicholas Johnson, Esq.

The Warren was nearly four hundred tons register. She
carried eighteen heavy guns and one hundred and sixty men.
Under the command of Timothy Newman, she was ordered,
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island of Cuba, in company with the Norfolk^ Capt. William
Bainbridge; and the Pincktiey^ Samuel Heywood, master.

Capt. Timothy Newman died August 15, 1800. Previous
to that date, the president had been authorized, by an act of
congress^ to reduce the number of vessels in the navy, and
twelve months later fifteen or twenty ships, brigs and sloops
of war were withdrawn from active service and subsequently
condenmed as unseawoithy. The Warren was sold in Boston
in 1801.

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SELECTMEN ELECTED IN NEWBURYPORT,

' 1764 TO 185I. • /•» 1^

• , '■ ■ , ■ '

Nevvburypoiit was incorporated Jan^jary 28, 1764.^ The
first meeting of the inhabitants qualified to vote in town
affairs was held l^^ebruary 8, 1764. The names of the
selectmen elected at that date, and at the annual elections
subsequently held, ar6 afe follows ,:—

Elected.
J*>jb^ary 8, 1 7154.

Matx:h 15, 1764.

March 19, 1765.

March 18,, 1766. ■

March 24, 1 767.

March 16, 1768.
March 22, 1769. .
March 20, 1770.
March 13, 1771.

^- . ^ Selectmen.

3tq>hen Cross, Enoch Titcomb, jr., TiniQlhy I'iWe,

Daniel l'*amham and William Alkins.'
Daniel Famham, Timothy Pike, Enoch Titcolnb,

Vyilliam Atkins and Stephen Cross.
Daniel Famham, John Berry, Kobert Roberts,

Cutting Moody and JEbenezer Little.
Daniel Farnham, Robert Roberts, I^enjamin preen-

leaf, Dr. John Sprague and John Berry.
J>udley Atkins, Moses Uradstreet, B^ijs^min

Greenleaf, Samuel < Greenleaf and Robert

Roberts.
Ralph Cross, Benjamin Greenleaf, John Berry,
* Daniel Famham and Robert Rpberf s.
Daniel J^arnham, Ralph Cross, John Berry, William

Atkins ^nd Edmund Barllet. ; ^ :,. • . • '
Ebenezer ,preenleaf,> Daniel Dole and Cutting

Bartlet.
Tristram Dalton, John Lowell, Matthew Perkins,

John Stickney and David Moody. : - s \ •

1 'llie name of William Atkins does not appesHr.ia the report ol the -first jneeting
• made by the town clerk, hut he wa» evidently elected one ol the selectnidn, and
signed the warrant (or a town meeting March 2, 1764. (See Ncwlwiryport Tqwn
: Records,, volume I, page IQ.).- '' , .' *

* Excuse<l March 23, 1770, ami William Atkins elected to (iH the vtfcahCy. -^5

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March 2, 1772. Benjamin Greenleaf, Tristram Dalton, John Low-

ell, Stephen Cross and Abel Greenleaf.
March 1, 1773. John Stickney, Richard Smith, Jonathan Titcomb

and Mathew Perkins.
March 8, 1774. Tristram Dalton,> Benjamin Greenleaf,' Jonathan

Titcomb, Stephen Cross and John Lowell.
March 9, 1775. Jonathan Titcomb, John Lowell, Stephen Cross,

Kichard Smith and Abel Greenleaf.
March 14, 1776. John Lowell, Tristram Dalton, Abel Greenleaf,

Jonathan Marsh and Moses Little.
March 21, 1777. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Moses Little,

Samuel Tufts and Jacob Board man.
March 19, 1778. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Samuel Tufts,

Moses Little and Moses Fraizer.
March 9, 1779. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Samuel Tufts,

Moses Fraizer and Moses Little.
March 9, 1780. Jonathan Titcomb, Samuel Tufts, Moses Fraizer,

Abel Greenleaf and Nathaniel Tracy.
March 12, 1781. Jonathan Titcomb, Samuel TufU, Moses Fraizer,

Abel Greenleaf and Nathaniel Tracy.
March 18, 1782. Enoch Titcomb, Nathaniel Tracy,i Moses Brown,

Nicolas Pike and Jonathan Mulliken.
March 1 2, 1 783. Joseph Moulton, jr.,4 Edward Wigglesworth, David

Coats, Michael Hodge and William Coombs.
March 10, 1784. Edward Wigglesworth, David Coats, William

Coombs, Michael Hodge and William Bartlet.
March 16, 1785. Edward Wigglesworth, David Coats, Michael

Hodge, William Bartlet and William Coombs.
March 1 5, 1 786. Jonathan Titcomb, Moses Fraizer, David Moody,

John Fletcher and Joseph Huse.
March 20, 1787. Joseph Huse, Benjamin Balch, Thomas Thomp-

son, George Searle and Josiah Smith.
March 26, 1 788. Benjamin Balch,Thom^s Thompson, Joseph Noyes,

William P. Johnson and Edward Rand.

* Trittrmm Dalton declined lerving, and Richard .Smith was chosen in hb place.

* March 1 1, 1774* 1kn)ainin (areenleaf cleclinetl to serve as lelectman, ami Abel
Greenleaf was choaen in hit place.

' Mr. Tracy declined to lerve, and Jonathan Manh was elected in his place
March 21, 1783.

^ Mr. Moulton declined to serve March 19, 1783, and William Bartlett was
elected in his place.

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March lo, 1789. Thomas Thompson, Benjamin Balch, William P.

Johnson, Edward Rand and Joseph Noyes.

March 9, 1 790. Joseph Noyes, Edward Rand, Thomas Thompson,

John OMtrien and Nicholas Johnson.

March 8, 1791. Joseph Noyes, John O'Brien, Nicholas Johnson,*

Anthony Davenport and Henry Hudson.

March 8, 1792. Moses Hoyt, Anthony Davenport," Henry Hud-

son,* John O'Brien,* and Nathaniel Carter, jr.

March 1 2, 1 793. John Mycall, Nathan Hoyt, Bishop Norton, Thom-

as Thomp8on,3 and Joshua Carter.

March 12, 1794. William Noyes, John Mycall,4 Joshua Carter,4

John Petlengel,4 and Theophilus Bradbury, Jr.4

March 17, 1795. John Pettengel, Theophilus Bradbury, jr., Eben-

czer Stocker,5 Daniel Hortons and Oilman
White.**

March 10, 1796. John Pettengel, Theophilus Bradbury, jr., Daniel

Horton, Ebcnezer Stocker and Gilman While.

March 22, 1797. Abraham Wheelwright, Leonard Smith, Isaac G.

Pearson, Simeon Tufts and Samuel A. Otis.

March 15,1798. Abraham Wheelwrif(h(, !«conard Smith, Samuel

A. Otis, John Pearson, jr., and Charles C.
Raboteau.

March 19, 1799. Charies C. Raboteau, Jonathan Gage, William

Wyer, jr., Thomas M. Clark and James Prince.

March 26, 1800. Nehemiah Haskell, John B. Titcomb, John Fitz,

Alexander Caldwell and Moses Hoyt.

March 17, 1801. Moses Brown, William BarUet, Nicholas Johnson,

Abner Wood and Benjamin Balch.

March 22, 1 802. Abner Wood, Israel Young, Jonathan Gage, An-

thony Davenport and John Greenleaf, jr.

March 22, 1 803. Abner Wood, Israel Young, Jonathan Gage, An-

thony Davenport, and John Greenleaf.

' Nicholas Johnson was excused from serving as selectman March 22, 179!) and
William CocmtiIis was chosen in his place, but declined to serve, and Moses Hoyt
was elected April 4, 1 791.

' Anthony naven|X)rt, llcnry Hudson and John O'Hricn resigned, and Richard
Bartlet, Samuel Bayley and John Mycall were chosen members of the board of
selectmen March 22, 1792.

'*' Thomas lliompson was excused from serving, and John Fettengell was elected
in his place March 18, 1793

^ Chosen March 24, 1794.

* Chosen April 27, 1795.

• Chosen April 6, 1 795.

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March 20, 1804. Samuel French, jr., Joshua To|>pan, Denjamin

Wyatt, Gilman White and Edward Little.
March 21, 1865: ' ' Samuel French, jr., Joshua Toppan, Benjamin

Wyatt, Gilman White and Edward Little.
March 19, 1806. Zebedee Cook, John I'eabody, David Coffin, jr.,

* Samuel Foster, jr., and Robert Foster.
March 18, 1807.- Zebedee Cook, John Peal>ody, Samuel H. Foster,

' Robert Foster and Abraham Perkins.

March 16, 1808. Zebedee Cook, Abraham Perkins, Daniel A.

White, Stephen Holland and Amos Toppan.
March 15, 1839. Daniel A. White, Stephen Holland, Amos Toppan,

'Jeremiah Nelson and Sewell Toppan.
March 21, 1810. Stephen Holland, Jeremiah Nelson, Sewell Top-

pan, William Woart and Jacob Stone.
March 1 1, 181 1. Jeremiah Nelson, Jacob Stone, Lsaac Adams,

Kleazer Johnson, and Nicholas Johnson, jr.
March 18, 1812. Isaac Adams, Nicholas Johnson, jr., Eleazer John-

son, Ebenezer Moseley and George Jenkins.
March 23, 1813. Ebenezer Mo.seley, George Jenkins, Isaac Stone,

Edward S. Rand and Joshua Greenleaf.
March 16, 1814. Joshua Greenlcuf, Isaac Stone, Edward S. Rand,

William H. Bannister and Allen Dodge.
March 27, 1815. Joshua Greenleaf, Edward S. Rand, William B.

' Bannister, Allen Dodge and John Wood.

March 7,* 1816. William B. Bannister, Edmund Bartlet, Ebenezer

Gunnison,' Robert Clark,* and Abraham Wil-
liams.*
March 6, i8i;f: Ebenezer Moseley, Abraham Williams, Robert

• ' Clark, Richard Bartlet* and Stephen Howard.*

March 16, 1 8'f 8. Stephen Howard, Arthur Gilman, Samuel Emer-

• son, John Scott and Prcscott Spalding.3
March 11, 1819. Samuel Emerson, Arthur Gilman, Prescott Spald-

ing, Stephen W. Marston and Daniel Swett.
March 13, 1820. Stephen W. Marston^ Daniel Swett, William Cross,

Joseph O'Brien and James Prince.
Mard) 12, 1821. James Prince, Stephen W. Marston, Daniel Swett,

' William Cross and Philip Coombs.^t

\*
1 Elected March 38, 1816.
^ Elected March 24, 1817.
' Elected March 24, 1 818.

* Elected March 29, 1821, in place of Joseph O'Drien, who notified the lelect-
men that he intended to remove from Newbury port.

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March 12, 1822. , Stephen W. Marston, Philip Coombs, Ebenezer
Wheelwright, John Wood and Anthony Snnith.

Matx:h 10, 1323. Philip Coombs, Ebenezer Wheelwright, Anthony

Smith, Kbenezer Moseley and William Davis.

March 10, 1824. Kbenezer Moseley, Kbenezer Wheelwright, Philip

Coombs, Anthony Smith and William Davis.

March 16, 1825. John Wills, jr.,» Samuel S. Plummer, A^ W.

Wildes, Whittingham Oilman and Greene San-
born.

March 14, 1826. Asa W. Wildes, Samuel S. Plummer, Whitting-

ham Oilman, Greene Sanborn and John Cook, jr.

March 15, 1827, Asa W. Wildes^ John Cook, jr., Thomas Buntin,

Johi> S. Pearson and Moses Merrill.

March 10, 1828. John Cook,, jr„ Jhomas Buntin, Moses Merrill,

Charles H. Balch ^nd Caleb Cushing.

March 1 1, 1829. Charies H. Balch, 4^benezer Stone, Samuel T. De-

Ford, Henry (^othingham and Henry Merrill.,

March 24, 1830. Charles H. Balch/ Ebj^pezer Stone, Samuel T. De-

Ford, Henry Frqlhiogham and Henry ^errill.

March 28, 1831. Charles H. Balch, Kbenezer Stone, Henry John-

son, Nathaniel Horton and Tristram Coffin, 3rd.

March 28, 1832. Charles 11. Balch, Henry Johnson, N^ithahiel Hor-

ton, Stephen Tilton and Tristram Coffin, 3rd.

March 27, .1833. Charles H.^alch, Stephen Tilton, Richard Stone,

Joseph George and Ebenezer Bradbury.*

March 25, 1834. Joseph George, Moses Merrill, Offin Boardman,

Stephen Froth ingham and Nathaniel Jackson.

March 23, 1835. Kbenezer Stone, John N. Cushing, Charles H.

Ualch, Henry Merrill and Jecemiah Colman.

March 28, 1836. Charles H.' Balch, Ebenezer Stone, John N.

Cushing, Henry Merrill and Jeremiah Colman.

March 27, 1837. Charles H. Balch, Hrinly Merrill, John N. Cush-

ing, Jeremiah Colman and Nathaniel Horton.

March 29, 1838. John Merrill, Isaac Pearson, Stephen Caldwell,

Jacob Horton and Anthony Knapp.

March 25, 1839. John Merrill. Stephen Caldwell, Isaac Pearson,

Anthony Knapp and Jacob Horton.

' John C<)«»k, jr., was elected May 5, 1825, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the removal o( Mr. Wills (roin Ncwl>iiry|x>rt,

* Declined to serve, and Amos Noyes was elected to Hll the vacancy April lo^
«833-

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March 25, 1840. Thomas Buntin, Moses Merrill, Isaac H. Board-

man, William Moody and Moses Davenport, jr.

March 22, 1841. Thomas Buntin, Moses Merrill, Isaac H. Board-

man, Moses Davenport, jr., and Ezra Lunt

March 28, 1842. Moses Merrill, Geoi*ge Emery, Samuel Currier,'

Edward Toppan, jr., and John Pearson.

March 27, 1843. George Emery, John Pearson, Moses Merrill,'

William Nichols and Edward Toppan, jr.

March 25, 1844. John Pearson, Edward Toppan, jr., William Nich-

ols, John Burrill) and John Huse.3

March 31, 1845. William Nichols, John Pearson, Edward Toppan,

jr., John BurrilH and John Huse.4

March 30, 1846. Charles French, Henry Johnson, John Stone, Na-

thaniel Horton and Isaac Stevens.

March 8,1847. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Charles French,

John Stone and Isaac Stevens.

March 14, 1848. Thomas Davis, Albert Currier, Henry Johnson,

Robert Bayley, jr., and Nathaniel Horton.

March 20, 1849. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Thomas Davis,

Albert Currier and Robert Bayley, jr.

March 19, 1850. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Thonias Davis,

Robert Bayley, jr., and Albert Currier.

March 18, 1851. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, John M. Coop-

er, Samuel Phillips and Samuel T. Payson.

* William Nichob choten April 11, 1842, to take the place of Samuel Currier^
who had resigned.

* John BurriU, jr., chosen April 24, 1843, to take the place of Motes Merrill,
who declined to lerve.

* Elected at an adjourned meeting held in March, 1844.

* At an adjounie<l meeting held April 16, 1845, Richard Fowler and John T.
Loring were chosen in place of John BurriU and John Huse, resigned.

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MAYORS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN,

185 1 TO igog.

An act to establish the city of Newburyport was ap-
proved by Governor Bout well May 24, 1851. This act was
accepted and adopted, on the third of June, by a majority of
the legal voters living within the limits of the town, and on
the twenty-fourth of that month the city government was
organized. Since that date the following-named persons have
served as mayors of the city and members of the board ot
aldermen.

Caleb Cushing, Mayor, 1851.

Thomas Hiise,
John Porlcr,
Moses Davenport,

AI.DBRMRN.

Ward One
«• Two
•« Three

Nathaniel Horton,
John M. Cooper,
Joseph Roberts,

Ward Four
" Five
" Six

Thomas Huse,
Philip Johnson,
Moses Davenport,

Caleb Cushing,* Mayor, 1852.
Henry Johnson, > •« 1852.

ALDBRMBN.

Ward One Nathaniel Horton,
" Two John M. Cooper,
•< Three Joseph Robert8,3

Ward Four
" Five
" Six

Henry Johnson, Mayor, 1853.

ALDBRMBN.

Moses Pettengill, Ward One Isaac H. Boardman, Ward Four
Philip Johnson, " Two John M. Cooper, «• Five

Moses Davenport, " Three Edward Toppan, «^ Six

1 Resignation accepted June 31, 1853.
s Elected June 21, 1852.

' Died August 12. 1852. John Currier, jr., ym elected to fill the vacanqr
August 21, 1852.

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Moses Davenport, Mayor, 1854.

AIJ>KRMRN.

David T. Wood well, Ward One Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four
William Graves, ** Two Jabez L. l^earson, " Five

Samuel T. I'ayson, ** Three (ieo. W. Jackman, jr., " Six

Moses Davenport, Mayor, 1855.

AIIIKRMKN.

Ward One Frederick J. Coffin,

Ward Four

««^ Two Enoch G. Currier,

" Five

♦• Three Thomas Atwood,

** Six .,

Nathaniel Greeley,
William Pritcha^,
3amuel J. Pa^y^on,

"^ William Cushing, Mayor, 1856.

AI.DKKMSN.

Natiianiel Greeley, Ward One Philip K. Hills,

Witiiam Graves,

Benjamin Davis, jr..

Two Knoch S. Williams,
Three THohias'Alwood,

William Cushing, Mayor, 1857.

ALDEKMRN.

Charles W. Hale, Ward One Philip K. Hills,
William Graves, ** Two Knoch .S. Williams,

Benjamin Davis, jr., »* Three Moses Stevens,

William Cushing, Mayor, 1858.

Af.DKRMKN.

David T. Woodwell, Ward One Philip K. Hills,
William Graves, " Two Samuel E. Towle,

Uepjarain. Davis, jr., 1. ■ " I'hree Thomas Atwood,

Ward I'our
" Five
^ Six

Ward Four
li 1,'ive
«« Six

Ward Four
" Five
»« Six

.. Albert Currier, Mayor, 1859.

AI.DERMBN.

Moody D. Cook, W?rd Onp Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four
Ralph C. Huse, " Twq Edward Burrill, »« Five

C^a^le^ W. Davenport, " Three Geo. W, Jackman, jr., " Six

Albert Currier, Mayor, 1 860.

AI.DKKMRN.

Isaac Hale, jr.. Ward One Daniel P. Pike, Ward Four

Nathaniel W. HurcJ, " Two Edward Burrill, «* Five

Charles W. Davenport, " Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr.» " Six

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Moses Davenport,' Mayor, 1861.

George W. Jackman, jr.,» " "

ALDBRMEN.

Isaac Hale, jr.. Ward One Jos. A. Frothingham, Ward Four

Nathaniel Pierce, ** Two William H. Huse, «* Five

George J. George, " Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr.,3 « Six

George W. Jackman, jr., Mayor, 1862.

ALDBRMEN.

Isaac Hale, jr.,4 Ward One Horace Hamblett, Ward Four

Nathaniel Pierce, '* Two William H. Huse, » Five

George J. (ieorge, " Three Winlhrop O. Evans, «« Six

Isaac H. Boardman, Mayor, 1863.

ALDBRMEN.

Samuel Pettengell, Ward One John N. Pike, Ward Four

William Graves, «* Two William H. Huse, " Five

Norman C. Greenough, " Three John J. Currier, " Six

George W. Jackman, jr.. Mayor, 1864.

ALDERMEN.

Samuel Petti ngell, Ward One Enoch M. Read, Ward Four

Ralph C. Huse, " Two John T. I'age, « Five

Norman C. Greenough, " Three John J. Currier, «« Six

George W. Jackman, jr.. Mayor, 1865.

ALDKRMhN.

Paul G. Lunt, Ward One William C. Balch, Ward Four

William Pritchard, " Two Thomas H. Cutter, «» Five

Warren Currier, " 'I'hree Moses H. Fowler, " Six

' Died February 18, 1861.

« Elected February 27, i86f.

« Resigned February 27; and Winthrop O. Evans elected March 4, 1861, to fill
the vacancy.

^ Resignation accepted May seventh, and Charles C. Dame elected to fill the
vacancy May 24, 1862.

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Paul G. Lunt,
Nathaniel Pierce,
Warren Currier,

Henry T. Moody,
Joseph G. Gerrish,
David J. Adams,

Paul G. Lunt,
Amos W. Mooney,
David J. Adams,

Luther Dame,
Charles T. Smith, jr.,
Amos Coffin,

William Graves, Mayor, 1866.

AIJ>EltMBN.

Ward One WiUiam C. Bakh, Ward Four
♦* Two William H. Huse, •* Five

" Three Moses H. Fowler, •* Six

Eben F. Stone, Mayor, 1867.

AIJIRRMKN.

Ward One Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four

•* Two Nathan A. Moulton, «« Five

•• Three Eben P. Cutter, " Six

Nathaniel Pierce, Mayor, 1868.

ALDBRMSN.

Ward One Dana Dodge, Ward Four

»« Two Elbridge G. Kelley, " Five

" Three Eben P. Cutter, «* Six

Nathaniel Pierce, Mayor, 1869.

AI.DRRMRN.

Ward One George W. Clark, Ward Four
" Two John E. Bailey, " Five

•» Three Moses H. Fowler, •♦ Six

Robert Couch, Mayor, 1870.

AKDRRMBN.

Ward One George W. Clark, Ward Four
Two John E. Bailey, •• Five

Three Elbridge K. Batchelder, *« Six

Paul G. Lunt,
Henry Cook,
Samson Levy,

Elbridge G. Kelley, Mayor, 1871.

AI.DRRMRN.

Ward One Rufus A. Wills, Ward Four

" Two Edward A. Moseley, " Five
" Three George W. Jackman, jr., ** Six

Elbridge G. Kelley, Mayor, 1872.

AIJtRKMRN.

Ward One Joseph B. Morss, Ward Four

" Two Edward A. Moseley, " Five
*» Three George W. Jackman, jr., " Six

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Warren Currier, Mayor, 1873.

ALDBRMRN.

Alfred Osgood, Ward One Joseph B. Morss, Ward Four

Charies H. Goodwin, «« Two Edward P. Russell, " Five

William P. Plumer, «* Three Joseph H. Currier, •« Six

Warren Currier, Mayor, 1874.

ALDBRMBN.

Luther Dame, Ward One John N. Pike, Ward Four

John Augustus Greeley, '* Two Harrison G. Johnson, jr., «* Five
Amos Coffin, «• Three Joseph H. Currier, •« Six

Hcnjamin F. Atkinson, Mayor, 1875.

ALDRRMRN.

Luther Dame, Ward One Albert J. Atkinson, Ward Four

John Augustus Greeley, •* Two Harrison G.Johnson, jr., " Five
Amos Coffin, «* Three Joseph H. Currier, " Six

Henjamin F. Atkinson, Mayor, 1876.

ALDBRMBN.

William Thuriow, Ward One Samuel S. Blake, Ward Four

Charies H. Goodwin,' " Two Edward P. Russell, " Five

Amos Coffin, «• Three George E. Currier, *« Six

George W. Jackman, jr.. Mayor, 1877.

AKDBRMRN.

Francis W. Putnam, Ward One Moses H. Fowler, Ward Four

Charles T.Smith, jr., " Two J. Otis Winkley, «« Five

Enoch T. Northcnd, " Three George E. Currier, *« Six

Jonathan Smith, Mayor, 1878.

ALDRRMRN.

Jacob Knight, Ward One Dudley T. Batchclder, Ward Four

Joseph A. Woodwell, " Two John A. L. Oddie, «* Five

John P. Coombs, " Three George E. Currier, " Six

* Resigned April seventh, and Charles T. Smith, jr., elected April 17, 1876, to
fill the vacancy.

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Albert Cheever,
John Woodwell,
William H. Noyes,

John J. Currier, Mayor, 1879.

AI.nBRMRN.

Ward One Charles L. Ayrcs,

Two

Ward Four
Thomas Mac Kinney, " Five

Three John P. Evans,

Six

Albert Cheever,
John Woodwell,
William H. Noyes,

John J. Currier, Mayor, 1880.

ALDRRMRN.

Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Four
" Two J. Otis Winkley, «* Five

" Three John P. Evans, " Six

Enoch Gerrish,
Robert G. Sargent,
Henry M. Cross,

Robert Couch, Mayor, 1881.

ALURKMRN.

Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Fou
•• Two Joseph Hall, " Five

»* Three Jonathan Kenniston, " Six

Benjamin Hale, Mayor, 1882.

AI.DRKMR.N.

Enoch Gerrish, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four

Thomas C. Simpson, " Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five

Nathan D. Dodge, »* Three Jacob T. Rowe, «* Six

William A. Johnson, Mayor, 1883.

ALDKKMKN.

John S Frost, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four

Charles H. Goodwin, " Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five

Thomas H. Boardman, " Three Jacob T. Rowe, " Six

William A. Johnson, Mayor, 1884.

AI.DBRMRN.

Stephen Peabody,
George W. Adle,
John S. Frost,

Ward One
" Two
" Three

Thomas H. Davis,
Orrin J. Gumey,
Melvin T. Wadlin,

Ward Four
" Five
«« Six

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Thomas C. Simpson, Mayor, 1885.

AI.DBRMBN.

Enoch Gerrish, Ward One Joseph W. Evans, Ward Four

Henry Z. Whillier, " Two William R. Johnson, " Five

Thomas H. Boardman, " Three Benjamin F. Stanley, ** Six

Charles C. Dame, Mayor, 1 886.

AI.DBRMRN.

George O. Noyes, Ward One Joseph W. Evans, Ward Four

Henry Z. Whittier, " Two William R. Johnson, " Five

Charles H. Goodwin, " Three Benjamin F. Stanley, ** Six

J. Otis Winkley, Mayor, 1887.

ALDERMEN.

John J. Putnam, Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Four

George Osgood, " Two Simon E. Wilson, •« Five

William F. Houston, *« Three Charles D. Petligrew, " Six

William H. Huse,« Mayor, 1888.
Albert C. Titcomb,» «« "

ALDER MKN.

John J. Putnam, Ward One Albert C. 'J'itcomb,^ Ward Four

George Osgood, " Two Francis A. Howe, " Five

William F. Houston, " Three Charles D. Pettigrew, «* Six

Albert C. Titcomb, Mayor, 1889.

ALDERMEN.

Isaac P. Noyes,

Ward One

ICdmund C. Pearson,

Ward Four

W. Herbert Noyes,

" Two

George E. Ross,

" Five

Joseph T. Chase, jr.,

" Three

George M. Roaf,

" Six

' Died March 28, 1888.
« Elected April 2, 1888.

« Frank W. Hale wan elected April 10, 1888, in place ol Albert Ct TitComb,
who resided previous to that date.

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Elisha P. Dodge, Mayor, 1890.

ALDBRMEN.

John J. Putnam, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four

W. Herbert Noyes, " Two George E. Ross, ** Five

Henry C. Plummer, " Three Israel A. Morse, " Six

Elisha P. Dodge, Mayor, 1891.

ALDRKMKN.

John J. Putnam, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four

Alfred Pearson, " Two George E. Ross, »* Five

Edward A. Hale, " Three Israel A. Morse, «• Six

Orin J. Gumey, Mayor, 1892.

ALDKRMBN.

John W. Allen, Ward One Charles C. Stockman, Ward Four

Charles W. Page, « Two George E. Stickney, " Five

Henry C. Plummer, «« Three Andrew R. Curtis, " Six

Orin J. Gumey, Mayor, 1893.

AI.DKKMKN.

John W. Allen, Ward One Charles C. Stockman, Ward Four

Charles W. Page, " Two George E. Stickney, " Five

Eben A. Young, " Three Andrew R. Curtis, " Six

Orin J. Gurney, Mayor, 1894.

AIJ>KKMKN.

Charles H. Bliss, Ward One Charies C. Stockman, Ward Four
Charles W. Page, »« Two George E. Stickney, «« Five

Eben A. Young, " Three Alvah Hoyt, «« Six

Orin J. Gumey, Mayor, 1895.

ALDEKMKN.

Henry J. Noyes, Ward One Philip H. Blamphey, jr.. Ward Four

Edward Perkins, " Two Charles W. Johnson, " Five

Moody Kimball, " Three Alvah Hoyt, «« Six

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Henry J. Noyes,
Frank H. Plumer,
Moody Kimball,

Andrew R. Curtis, Mayor, 1896.

Al.DKRMBV.

Ward One Philip H.Blamphey, jr., Ward Four
" Two Charles W. Johnson, " Five

" Three William C. Coffin, " Six

Andrew R. Curtis, Mayor, 1897.

ALDER MBN.

Henry J. Noyes, Ward One

James 1>. Lewis, " 'J* wo

Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three

Abraham A. Crabtree, Ward Four
Jere Healey, " Five

William C. Coffin, «* Six

George H. Plumcr, Mayor, 1898.

ALDRRMBN.

Charles L. Perkins, Ward One Abraham A. Crabtree, Ward Four
Thomas Huse, «* Two Jere Healy, " Five

Benjamin P. Ireland, ** Three George W. Cooper, «* Six

Thomas Huse, Mayor, 1899.

ALDBRMRN.

Ebcn C. Knight, Ward One William G. Fisher, Ward Four

James F. Carens, " Two John H. Balch,jr., «« Five

Irvin Besse, " Three Albert H. Beckford, «* Six

Thomas Huse, Mayor, 1900.

ALDRRMRN.

Eben C. Knight, Ward One William G. Fisher,

James F. Carens, " Two Arthur Withington,

Irvin Besse, " Three Albert H. Beckford,

Andrew J. Casey Alderman at large.,*

Ward Four
«* Five
" Six

// * Acts and Resolves, chapter loi, accepted by the city ol Newburyport
^ Nuvember 7, 1899, provided (or |he election of an alderman at large.

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John W. Sargent,
Clarence J. Fogg,
Luther Dame,

Moses Urown, Mayor, 1901.
AI.DBK1IBN.

Ward One William Balch,
" Two Arthur Withington,
" Three Job Weston,
Alfred Pearson, Alderman at large.

Ward Four
" Five
»* Six

Moses Brown, Mayor, 1902.

AI.DBKMBN.

John W. Sargent, Ward One William Halch,
Clarence J. Fogg, " Two Samuel J. Hughes,

Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three John M. Chase,
Luther Dame, Alderman at large.

Ward Four
" Five
" Six

James F. Carens, Mayor, 1903.

AIDBRMRN.

George F. Woodman, Ward One Charles W. Ayers, Ward Four

Moody B. Noyes, " Two Andrew K. Curtis, " Five

Benjamin 1*. Ireland, " Three John M. Chjise, " Six
Robert G. Dodge, Alderman at large.

James F. Carens, Mayor, 1904.

Al.DKKMRN.

George F. Woodman, Ward One Charles I*. Kelley,

Moody B. Noyes, " Two Andrew K. Curl is,

Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three John M. Chase,
Charles W. Ayers, Alderman at large.

Ward Four
" Five
" Six

William F. Houston, Mayor, 1905.

ALDKKMBN.

Joseph L. Jacoby, Ward One Charles P. Kelley, Ward Four

Moody B. Noyes, " Two Andrew R. Curtis, " Five

Arthur P. Brown, " Three Obed W. Greaton, " Six

John Balch Blood, Alderman at large.

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William F. Houston, Mayor, 1906.

ALDERMEN.

George H. Welch, Ward One Charles P. Kelley, Ward Four
George V. Peckham, " Two John B. Blood, " Five

Arthur P. Brown, " Three Obed W. Greaton, " Six

Moody B. Noyes, Alderman at large.

Albert F. Hunt, Mayor, 1907.

ALDERMEN.

George H. Welch, Ward One William H. Wallace, Ward Four

Laurens C. Kniery, »• Two Albert II. Beckford, " Five

Robert E. Hart, " Three Obed W. Greaton, « Six
Edgar Ross, Alderman at large.

Irvin Besse, Mayor, 1908.

ALDERMEN.

Herbert S. Noyes, Ward One William H. T. Dodge, Ward Four

(ieorgc P. Peckham, " Two Edward G. Moody, " Five

George F. Avery, " Three Herbert Currier, ** Six

John J. Kelleher, Alderman at large.

Albert F. Hunt, Mayor, 1909.

ALDERMEN.

Hiram H. Land ford. Ward One William 11. T. Dodge, Ward Four

George P. Peckham, " Two Edward G. Moody, " Five

Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three George E Cooper, " Six

Charles E. Coffin, Alderman at large.

CITY CLERKS.

George H. Stevens,' City Clerk from March 7. 1870, to June 18, 1906.
Henry W. Little,' assistant City Clerk from January 4, 1897, to June 18,

Henry W. Little, City Clerk from June 18, 1906, to the present time.

Cri-y TREASURERS.

James V. Felker,* City Treasurer from January i, 1883, to May 1 1, 1906.
Harrj' F. Whiton, City Treasurer from July 2, 1906, to the present time.

* History o( Ncwlniryport (Currier), volume I, page 686.
^ History o( Newhuryport (Currier), volume I, page 687.

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XII.
CONCLUSION.

When the first volume of this history was published, in
1906, several chapters relating to the literary and industrial
associations, banks, insurance companies and benevolent soci-
eties of Newburyport were omitted to make room for a full
and detailed account ot the stirring events that occurred, and
the privateers that were ecjuipped for service, in the town,
during the Revolutionary war. Since the publication of that
volume the omitted chapters have been revised and are now
printed with some brief biographical sketches, in this, the
second volume of the history of Newburyport.

The biographical and historical facts stated in the preced-
ing pages have been gathered, mainly, from original letters
and public documents in the Massachusetts archives ; from
town records ; from probate records, and from the registry of
deeds in Salem, Mass.

Many well-known historical authorities have been consulted
and much valuable information obtained from the New Eng-
land Historical and Genealogical Register ; the Essex Insti-
tute Historical Collections; histories of Newbury and New-
buryport by Caleb Cushing, Joshua Coffin, and Mrs. E. Vale
Smith ; historical sketches by George J. L. Colby and Wil-
liam T. Davis in the histories of Essex county ; early copies
of the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet ; and com-
plete files of the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette.

The author is especially indebted to George Francis Dow,
secretary of the Essex Institute, for assistance in preparing
this work for the press ; to Sidney Perley, esq., attorney-at-
law, Salem, Mass., for a critical examination of the manu-

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script previous to publication ; to Carl Wilhelm Ernst of
Boston, for many important facts relating to the invention
and introduction of steel-plate engraving by Jacob Perkins ;
to Lawrence B. Gushing and Capt. James O. Knapp for gene-
alogical information ; to Capt. Clemens E. Davis and Charles
H. Sargent for advice and practical suggestions in regard to
the development of steam navigation on the Merrimack river ;
to John D. Parsons, librarian, for the unrestricted use of
books, pamphlets and newspapers in the public library ; and
to Henry W. Little, city clerk, for frequent opi^ortunities to
examine and make copious extracts from the town records
and official reports at city hall.

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ERRATA.

Dr. Frederick Irving Knight was born in Newbury, now
Newburyport, May eighteenth, and not May 8, 1841, as stated
on the three hundred and tenth page of this volume.

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INDEX

ABBIE ami Eva Tloo|>cr (schooner),
Wreck of, 25, 26.
Abbot, Professor of Christian Theolo-
gy. 500.
Abbotsford, Scotland, 465.
Abbott, bu'ler, 447.

Edward, 354
Academy at Milton. Mass., 335.
Acey, William, 581, 582.
Achilles (iron collier), 78.
Active Fire society, 31.
Adams, Anne, 244.

Archelaus, 56.

Asa, 562.

I^aniel, no, 493, 562.

David J., 606.

Edna, 562.

Elizabeth, 56, 564.

Ely, J27.

Enoch C, 391.

Hannah, 561.

Harriet, 506, 507, 561.

Dr. Henry K., 309.

Hos, 52s.

Isaac, 600.

Joanna, 505.

John, 56, 422, 467.
Woo<len statue of, 422.

John (^iiincy, 230, 240, 262-264,
295» 301, 3<7t 47«. 5«2, 540,
54i»546.
Burial of, 512.

Joseph L., 562.

Mary, 56, 57.

Paul, 112.

Kichard, 527.

Richard G., 184.

Samuel, 56, 106-108, 467.

Sarah, 562.

Seneca, 562.

Silas, 88, 112.

Stephen, 57,

Susan 1., 178.
•* Adams and Liberty,** 270.
Adams & Emery, 397.
Adams, Sampson & Co., 502.
** Address to the Members of the Mer-
rimack Humane Societ)','* etc,
499.

Address to George Washington, 264.

Adelphi theatre, London, Eng., 465.

Adle, George W., 608.

"Advantages of God*s presence with
his people in an expedition against
their enemies ** (text of fermon
by Rev. John Lowell), 499.

Adventure (1)rigantine), 222.

African Slave Trade, 320.

•• Age of Gold, and other Poems,"
282.

Agile Fire society, 31, 32.

Agriculture, 269.

**Aida" (oratorio), 184.

*< Airs of Palestine and other Poems,*'

279.
A jalon, Valley of, 443 .
Akalm, 512.
Akin, James, 130, 131, 363, 365, 371,

372, 374-377i 425. 590.
Akron, O., 559.
Alalmma river, 69.

Albany, N. Y., 70, 74, 247, 320, 339.
Alberdi, Senor J. B., 393.
Albree, George, 304.

Mrs. Georgianna, 304.

Norman, 304.
Alden, Mrs. Adelaide Stoodley, 239.

J. D., 239.
Aldermen, List of, of City of Newbury-

porl, 603-613.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 337.
Alert (brig), 249.
Alexander, Elizabeth, 437, 438.

Eunice, 437, 438.

Hannah, 437, 438.

Capt. Nathaniel, 96.
Alexandre, Monsieur, 465.
Alexandria, Va., 314, 321, 406.
«* Algerine Slaves,** 497.
Algiers, 49J.
AlianMi (schooner), 25.
AH Bey, 276.
Alice M. (steamboat), 80.
Alice Oakes (schooner), 23.
Allen, Abigad, 513.

Mrs. Dorothy, 280, 550.

E. W., 499, 500.

Ephraim W., 64, 280, 315, 482,550.

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Allen, John, 501.

John W., 610.

Mra. Margaret, 28, 339.

Mra. Margaret Ann, 281.

Myron O., 302.

William, 517.

William B., 499, 501, 550.

William B., & Co., 499, 501, 550.

William S., 174, I75-

William Stickncy, 280.
Allen & Stickney, 498.
Allen lunc, 351.
Alley, Frank, 183.

Henry G., 180.
Alliance (frigate), 229, 298, 506, 531,

532.

All SainU' rhurch, 320.

Almanacs, Fleet^s, 155.

Almshouse, 300, 315, 382, 428, 439.

Almshouse, Blockley, West Philadel-
phia, 478.

Alstim, 0»l. William, 278.

Alton, Hampshire, Eng., 457.

Alwyn, Mrs. Rebecca, 543.

*« Amaranth, A Literary and Religious
Offering,'* etc., 500, 501.

•'Amber Gods and other Stories,"
"The," 341.

America, 307, 446, 456-458,462, 571.

America (privateer), 507,

America (ship), 461, 462.

American Aca<lemy of Arts and Sci-
ences, 307.

American Antiquarian Society, 365.

American army, 106, 322, 460.

American Bank Note Company, 368,

395, 554.
American Board of Commissioners for

Foreign Missions, 532.
" American Coast IMIot,*' 372, 379.
American colonies, 250.
American commerce, 128.
"American Explorers," 344.
** American llynm," 182, 183.
American indei)endence, 135.
American legation, 329.
American Monthly Museum, 529.
American revolution, 329, 462.
American Seamen's Friend Society,

142.
American Water Color society, 353.
'* American Weather," 344.
Ames, Isaac, 371.
Amesiniry, Mass., 25, 69, 74, 76, 81,

89»94. 95. >o3» 127, 281, 298,

300, 325, 328, 34>, 343.363. 454,

468. 493, 494.
Amesbury ferry, 461.

Amesbury ferry road, 13.
Amherst college, 343.
Amherst, N. H., 463.
** A Moment's Leisure," 356, 357.
Amory, John, 269.

Mrs. Katherine, 269.

Rebecca, 269.
Amsterdam, Holland, 247-249, 589.
Anderson, William, 518, 519.
Andover, Mass., 69, 175, 210, 238,

321,387,302,468, 556.
Andt>vcr Thoiltigical .Seminary, 235,

238, 343. 500-
Andrew, Governor, 484.
Andrews, Caroline C, 389.

Caroline Cushing, 338.

Emily R., 339.

lane, 338, 389.

J.»hn, 32, 129, 134, 291, 338, 496-

499, 550-

Margaret, 28, 338, 339, 550.

Margaret Demmon, 291.

Margaret IL, 143.

Samuel Allen, 104.

Sarah, 321.

Walter E., 391.
Andrews & Wheelwright, 550.
Andrews', Rev. Mr., meeting-house,

122, 219.
Andromache (English frigate), 252.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 562, 577.
Angier, Rev. Samuel, 257.

Sibyll, 229, 257, 260, 291.
Ann Maria (schooner), 23.
Ann street, 381.
Anna Jaques Hospital, 334, 395, 401,

Association, 144, 238.
Annajiolis, N. S., 318.
Annexation of part of NewlNiry to

Newbury|M)rt, 115.
Antigua, 225.
Antioch college, O., 339.
Anti<|uarian and Historical Society of

Old Newbury, 178.
Anti- slavery lecture, 556.
•* Anvil Chorus," 182.
Appleton, Louisa Armistead, 310.

Nathan, 245.
Appomattox, Va., 322.
Apthor]), Grizzell, 553, 560.
** Aquilli>en," 501.
Arabia, 276, 512.
Arch street, l'hila<lelphia, 377.
Archbishop, Roman Catholic, of Bos-
ton, 235.
** Arctic Experiences," 327.
Area of Newbury, 14.

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Area of Ncwburyport, 15, 539.
Argentine Republic, 393.
Argus (brig)» 251.
Argus (schooner), 19.
Arithmetic, Walsh's, 311.
Arkansas, 175.

Decisions of supreme court of, 322.
Arkansas Advocate, 321.
Arlington street, Boston, 359.
**Anninius'* (oratorio), 184.
Armitage, Bishop, 232.

Mrs. Charlotte, 232.

Mrs. Charlotte Louisa, 258.

Rev. William Edmond, 258.
Armory, 1 15, 126.

of the Knight Templars, 125.
Arnold, Col. Benedict, 88, 89, 202,
204, 205.

William, 222.
Arrow heads, Indian, 1 73.
Arskini, John, 98.
Art, 307, 348-

exhibitions, 356.

galleries, 351, 30.

museum, 375.

Students' league, 358.
Artichoke river, 15, no, 193, 570.
Artillery company, 113-115, 117.
Artists, ;j46, 348-3^ 377-

English, 407.

Marine, 355, 356.
Ashby, William, 137, 416.
AshUnd street, 42, 130.
Ashton, Emily, 513.

lohn, 513.
Askin, John, 94.
Aspen swamp, 56.
Aspinwall, Willintn, 574.
*• Ass or the Serpent," ** The," 495.
Assembly house, 59, 60.

rooms, 190.
Associated Disciples of Washington,

135* 276.
Athenyeum, Newbur)iK>rt, 172, 173.

Book-plate of, 172, 173.
Athens, Ga.. 329.

N. v., 75.

O., 372.
Anti<|uarian, 408.
Atkins, Mrs. Abigail, 198, 295.

Andrew, 198.

Dudley, 199-201, 267, 268, 579,

597.
Edward, 304, 409.
Eli«i, 339.
Elizabeth, 302.
Francis Higginson, 198, 199.
Hannah, 201.

Atkins, Henrv, 302.

Joseph, 198-200.

Katherine, 201.

Marjorie, 104.

Mrs. Martha Moody, 304.

Mrs. Mary, 198-200.

Mary Russell, 201.

Paul Moody, 304.

Rebecca, 201.

Mrs. Ruth, 198.

Mrs. Sarah, 198, 200, 201, 267.

Susannah, 295.

William, 198, 218, 295, 597.
"Atkins," «« Joseph," «• the Story of

a Family," 19)8, 199.
Atkinson, Mrs. Abigail, 399.

Albert J., 607.

Mrs. Alice L., 58.

Amos, 88, 92, ill.

Benjamin F., 607.

Mrs. Catherine Maria, 238.

Eleanor, 504.

Eunice, 399.

Fred L., 66.

Mrs. Hannah, 238, 308.

Helen, 504.

Hugh, C04.

Ichaboft, 385.

John, 93, III, 163, 238, 308, 309,

399,417.

Dr. Josiah, 308, 309.

Mrs. Lucy, 308.

Mrs. Mary, 385.

Matthias, 399.

Moses, 1471385-

Dr. Moses L,, 338

Mrs. Olivia C, 308.

Mrs. Priscilla, 380.

Mrs. Sarah, 308, 385.
Atkinson, N. H., 334, 410, 411, 477.
Atkinson academy, 410.
Atkinson common, 185, 186, 399, 401.
Atlantic Monthly, 336, 338, 341.
Attleborough, Mass., 550.
Atwood, Margaret, 133, 380, 381.

Samuel, 527.

Thomas, 604.

Zachariah. 380. 381, 523.
Atwood street, 381.
Aubin, Corp. Joseph, 525.

Nntlianiei, 49.

Philip, 146.

Solomon, 91, 98.
Auburn street, 115, 139, 257, 285,

400.
Auctioneers, 51, 429.
Auctions, 58, 72, 116, 148, 173, 296,
386, 429, 445, 447, 515, 560.

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Augusta, Me., 232, 295.
Augusta (schooner), 19.
Aurora borealis, 306.
Authors. 311-322, 377.
Autographs, 166, 331.
Avery, George F., 613.

Sarah, 349.
Ayer, Elizabeth, 303.
Ayers, Charles W./612.
Ayres, Charles L., 608.
*• ArxHiian,** 341.

BABB, James, 96, 98.
Babaon, James, 400.
John, 195, 196.
Jo«cph, 335.
Joseph Edward, 335-338.
Mrs. Sarah Eliza, 335.
Susan, 400.
Bachelder, James, 516.
•'Bachelors,*' "The," etc., 277.
Bachman, Siolomon, 186, 254.
Backclyft, Charles F., 520, 522.

Edmund, 522.
Bagley, Benjamin, 103.
Serg. Peter, 94.
Philip, 65, iio,'il2, 170.
Samuel, 516.
Bagley, P.,'& Sons, 429.
BaUey ( Bayley) :
Abigail, 88, 399.
Mrs. Adeline, 551.
Charles M., I54,'4i6.
Otorles O., 494.
Daniel, 58, 59, 180.
Ebenezer, 551, 561.
Mrs. Emma, 551.
Jacob, 88, 318.
Rev. James, 578.
John C. M., 287.
John E., 606.
Joshua, 88.
Mrs. Mary, 578.
Moses, 325, 517-520. 522.
Paul, 551.
Priscilla, 385.

Robert, 151, 169, 416, 6d2.
Sarah, 242, 578.
Thomas, 69.
William, 59.
Bainbridge, Capt. William, 596.
Baker, Eliza, 270.
Enoch, 524.
Capt. John, 88, 92.
Thomas, 578.
William M., 387.
Balch,Beniamin, 48, 59, 137, 598, 599.
Charles H., 117, 493. 559» 601.

Bakh, Daniel, 29, 559.

Edith A., 346.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 559.

Mrs. Eunice, 474.

Mrs. H. J.. 44.

Hannah, 131-133.

John, III, 158, 171, 402, 420,473»
474.

John H., jr., 611.

John I., 559.

J«ifieph, 158.

MfH. Lucy, 559.

Mrs. Martha, 559.

Mary, 474, 481.

Mary C, 143.

Samuel, no.

Sophronia, 402, 403.

William, 31, 149, i6f, 167, 520,
612.

William C,, 153, 171, 346, 605, 6od.
Baldwin, Henry P., 232.

Mrs. Sibyl, 232 .
Balk, Corp. Daniel, 52a
Ballantine, Elizabeth, 546.
Balls, 44, 45, I90.'477. 480.
Baltimore, Md., 249, 250, 278, 279,

283, 317. 349. 406, 484. 534-
Bands of music, 183, 190, 325.

Newburyport brass band, 325.
Bangor, Me., 23, 63, 117, 226, 463.
Bangs ^ Brewer, ^09.
Bank bills, 363-368, 371, 372.
Bank of England, 368.

of IrelamI, 368.
«* Bank of Faith,*» 497.
Bank-note engravers, 554.
Banks, 164-172, 363.
Banks, Geneial, 283, 485.
Bannister, Mrs. Mary, 275, 304.

Sarah White, 56, 58, 304, 305.

Scth, 275.

Mrs. Susan, 275.

William B., 136, 170, 227, 267, 287,
304, 492, 600.

William Bostwick, 275, 280.

Mrs. Zilpah Polly, 275.
Barbadoes, 249.
Barber, Benjamin, 521.
RarlK>ur, Hon. Jnmes, 478.
Hurdwell, Rev. Horatio, 532.
Barge (water), 80.
Barges, coal, 78.
Barnard, Sarah, 220.

Capt. Timothy, 88, 89.
Barnstable, Mass., 232, 258.
Barrett, William, 496, 497.
Barristers, 286.
Barry, Capt. John, 531.

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Bartlet (Bartlett):
Mrs. Abbic W., 239.
Adelaide Stoodley, 239,
Agnes A., 354, 355.
Mrs. Alice, 234.
Bailey, 471, 550.
Betsey, 224, 233. 235. 237-239, 317,

557.
Mrs. Bclty, 211, 239.
Mrs. Caroline, 550.
Caroline Hall, 239.
Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 215.
Catherine Maria, 238.
Charles, 300, 527.
Cutting, 45, 597.
David, 233.
Kl)cne/.er, 233.
Edmund, 69, 136, 233-235, 237.239,

30^. 354i 597, 600.
Elir-abeth, 239, 317.
Eunice, 474.
Frances Ann, 239.
Gideon, 527.
Hannah, 133, 233, 235, 237, 238,

308,315,317,400,557.
Mrs. Harriet, 238.
Harriet Holmes, 238.
Henry, 239.
Henry A., 400.
Horace I., 287.
Joanna, 345.
John Stephen, 215.
Joseph, 70, 345.
Louisa S., 239, 354.
Margaret Brierly, 239.
Maria, 238,

Martha Clcrrish, 238, 392, 393,
Mrs. Mary, 233.
Mary McClintock, 239.
Nathaniel Stoodly, 239.
Mrs. Peggy, 550.
Richard, 136, 137, 146, 198, 233,

599,600.
Richard M., 239, 521.
Samuel, iii, 233.
Sarah, 506.
Sarah Boardman, 345.
Corp. Stephen, 526.
Thomas, 31.
William, 48, 135, 146-148, 156, 157,

159-161, 164, 165, 167, 170,211,

233-239, 3«7, 525, 557, 564,598,

599.
William Henry, 400.
Rev. William S., 175.
William Stoodly, 239, 317.
Mrs. Zilpha, 235, 238, 239,

308.

Bartlet mall, 117, 184, 238, 336, 398,

399, 401.
Bartlet Steam Mills, 42, 149, 150, 236,

252, 509.
Bartlett's lane, 128, 229,
Barton, Rev. Frederick A., 238.

Mrs. Harriet HoUnes, 238.
Bass, Rev. Edward, 119, 121, 122,
129. 194, 263, 348, 430, 545, 59a

Mrs, Mercy, 545.
Bassett, Christopher, 525.

Joseph, 519.

Nancy, 382.

Nathaniel, 524.
Bastile prison, 461.
Batchchler, Du<llcy T., 607.

Elbridge K., 6o43.

Joseph, 525.
Bath, Me., 219.
Bathing houses, 67, 68.
Battle of Bunker hill, 86, 506, 511.

at Concord, 86.

of Elkhorn, 322.

of Harlem Heights, 91.

near Lake George, 499.

of Lexington, 86.

of Long Island, 91.

near Newport, 100.

of Shiloh, ir.9.
Bay State Conlage Comjiany, 153.
Hay State Steamship Company, 81.
Bayard, Elizabeth Ingersoll, 321.
Beacon street, Boston, 193, 310, 405.
Beacons, 16.

Beane, Rev. Samuel C, 178, 329,348.
Beck, Abigail, 198, 295.

Mrs. Betsey, 408.

Jonathan, 104.

Joshua, 198.

Martha, 408.

Nathaniel, no.

Thomas, 103,1104, 408.
Beck street, 235.
Beckford, Albert'H., 611, 613.
Beethoven club, 181.
Belfast, Ire., 202.
Belknap, John,^302.

Mrs. Mary, 302.
Bell, Shubael, esq., 276.
Belleville, 299, 308, 408.

cemetery, ill.

Congregational meeting-house, 41.

Improvement society, 186, 400.
Bellingham, Richard, 573, 574.
Bell inn, Gloucester, Eng., 455.
Bells, 18, 49, 108, 150, 428, 481.
Beloit college, 346.
Pennington, Vt., 93, 317.

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Benevolent society, Newburyport How-

w«i, >36» >37. «39.
Washington, 135.
Benjamin, Park, 175, 501,
Benson, Bishop, 455.
Bent, William \\ , esq., 352.
Bentley, Rev. William, 124, 125, 192.
Benton, Hon. Thomas H., 175, 334.
Becmcsts. 45, 137-139. M4.
Berkes, Corp. Samuel, 105.
Berkshire Medical school, 308.
Berlin, Germany, 310, 464.
Bermuda islands, 457.
Bernard, Mrs. Betsey, 298.

Gov. Francis, 9a

Isaac, 298.

John, 437.
Bemheimer, Marjorie S., 359.

Mrs. Mayer S., 186, 356.
Berry, Ambrose, 49.

Edward, 524.

John, 597.
Berry, I>odge & Co., 45.
Berwick, Me., Church in, 495.
Besse, Irvin, 611, 613.
Beta (schooner), 23.
»« Belhesda,»' 456.

Bethel society, Newburyport, 142, 143.
Betts, Fanny Matilda, 353.
Beverly, Mass., 20, 154, 245, 247, 404.
Bible society, Merrimac, 134, 135.
Bickford, Horace, 287.
Biddeford, Me., 286, 558, 559.
Bigelow, Rlirabeth G., 391.

George N., 387.

Nancy T., 389.
BIgland, !., 500.

Bill issued bv Newburyport Bank, 1 66.
Biographical sketches, 189-487.
liishop, Abraham, 428, 430, 590.

Benjamin, 105.

Hannah, 400.

Mary Ann, 430.

Nancy, 428, 430, 590.

Paul, 521.
Black, Eds. Charles H., 521.

William, 521.
Black Rocks, 73, 74, 77, 80, 81.
Blaisdell, John, 3d, 526.
Blake, D. S., 177, 327.

Lucia, 320.

Mrs. Margaret S., 413.

Samuel S., 607.
Blakeley, Captain, 405.
Blamphey, Philip, 610, 611.
Blanchard, Jeremiah, 1 10, 525.
Blasdell, Nicholas, 516.
Blatchiord, Capt. Robert, 17.

Bliss. Charles A., 184.

Charles H., 610.
Blockley ahnshouse, West Philadelphia,

47S.
Blodgette, George B., 287.
Blood, Edwin, 177, 502.

John Balch, 612, 613.
Blue Bird (sloop), 17.
Blunt, Eilmuml M., 270,372-374, 379,

496-499-
Blunt & March, 495.
lk)ard of war, lol, 102.
Boardman, Mrs. Elizabeth A., 144.

Isaac H., 154, 162, 163, 493, 602,
603, 605.

Jacob, 598.

John, 31, 67.

Jonathan, 124.

Joseph, 389.

Ofiin, 32, III, 146,601.

Pliclie, 382.

.Stephen, 523.

Thomas, 526.

Thomas H., 608, 609.

William, 521.
Boardman street, 31, 155, 197. 3«>»

304. 308-

1k>ar's Head, 69, 81.

BtMhHly, Kev. Mr., 54.
John, 525.
Sarah, 557.

*"• ^^ok\y of Lilierties,'* 256.

I^kman, Capt. Samuel, 20.

Bolton, Dr. J. B., 309.

Bonart, Bertha, 391.

Bond, Mary Roulstone, 391.

Bon Homme Richard (vessel), 506,
5'»7. 5>2, 53 1.

Bonischere, Dr. Francis Vergines de,
297.

Bonney, Mrs. Olivia C. , 308.

I^x)k-plate of Newburyport Athenae-
um, 172, 173.

Book-pbtes, 172, 173, 293, 294, 368,
375» 376, 386.

Books, Copy, 367.
Singing, 59, 180, 18 1.

Bootman, John, 103, 1 10.

Boott, Kirk, 245, 446, 447.

Boott mills, Lowell, 446.

Bordeaux, France, 249, 349.

Borden, Seth A., 152.

Boston, Anthony, too.

Boston, Mass., 1720, 25, 27, 38, 49-
51, 60, 62, 63. 67, 69.72, 76, 77,
80, 81, 9I-93* >«>. '02, 106, 117,
124, 131, 155, 178, 181-184, 190,
I92» >93. »97. 198, 201-204, 220.

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221, 224, 226, 232, 235, 244-246,
249, 251. 255, 256, 258, 261, 267.
271, 274276, 278, 279, 281,282,
284, 286, 290, 292, 302, 304, 305,
3»o. 313. 3«5, 3»7. 32i» 328-33O1
335-338» 340» 34i. 34^, 347» 352-
355i 358-360, 367, 370, 371, 375,
387, 396-398, 401, 402, 404,405,
407, 409, 413,414,417,418,440,
444» 448, 456, 458-461, 468, 474,
476. 477, 499i 50i-503» 5«o-5»2,
5'4. 5>5i 53i» 543*548. 551, 553.
556, 557» 558. 560, 561, 563-5651
570, 572, 574. 576-578,594, 596,
614.
R<»ston, Uislnry <»f, 367,
Cluircli n(, 572.
commoo, 405.
harbor, 511.
Neck, 190.
public library, 365.
Boston (United States frigate), 205,

209.
Boston Academy of Music, i8l.
Boston Advertiser, 347.
Boston Athenicum, 191, 269, 396.
** lioston Bard,** 313, 314, 543.
Boston Courier, 281, 514.
Boston custom-house, 345, 565.
Boston Galaxy and Gmimercial Adver-
tiser, 276.
Boston Journal, 329,
Boston Latin school, 553.
Boston & Maine Railroad, 14, 308, 415.

Company, 308, 415.
Boston Monthly Magazine, 276.
Ikwton Museum, 173.
Boston Transcript, 336.
Bourne, Charlotte, 293, 294, 404.
Bowdoin college, 308, 311, 334, 402,

411.
Bowdoin Medical school, 308.
Bowen & Cushing, Boston, 459.
Box ford. Mass,, 105^ 494, 560.
Boyce, Matthew, 581, 582.
Boy<l, Newell, 74.
Boylston, Mjihr., 326.
Boylsiou street, Ikmluii, 359.
lioynton, El>en M., 178.
Brackett, Lt.-gov. J. Q. A., 171.

Nathan A., 520.
Bradbury, Mrs. Ann, 265.
Charles, 468.
Daniel, 43S.
Ebenezer, 118, 147, 407, 492, 524,

601.
Mrs. Eleanor, 468.
Frances, 468.

Bradbury, F'rancis, 468.

George, 266, 468.

Mrs. Hannah Jones, 468.

Harriet, 194, 468-470, 544.

John, 165.

John 11., 417.

John M., 417-

John Merrill, 407, 408.

Mrs. Ix)is, 468.

Mrs. Mary, 266, 468, 578.

Mrs. Nancy, 407.

Mrr\ Rhoda, 438.

Mrs. Sarah, 266, 468, 469.

Mr.4. Sarah Ann, 407.

Thcophilus, 134, 156, 194,262, 265,
266, 468-47 >, 49 «» 492, 544. 599-

'Hioiuas, 495, 578.

Wdliam, 468.

Wyman, 32.
Bradbury, Thcophilus, House of, 472.
Bradford, Mrs. Clara, 63.

Nathaniel, 95.
Bradford & Read, 278.
Bradford, Mass., 193, 307, 468, 493»

494.
Bradford road, 193.
Bradley, Lt. David, 90.

Harrison, 524.
Bradstreet, Betty, 241.

Dr. Humphrey, 288.

Moses, 597.

Nathaniel, 128, 129, 170, 297.

Symon, 580.
Bragdon, Isabella, 266.

Joseph H., 177, 287, 501, 502.
Braintree, Mass., 260, 262, 512, 513.
lUaman, Rev. Isaac, 500.
Brave (schooner), 25.
Breck, Samuel, 546.
Breckenridge, John C, 484.
Brest, France, 531.
Brett, John, 32, Lio, III.
Brewer, Colonel, 89.
Brewster, John, 527, 528.
Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 353, 354.

Mrs. Alice L., 354.

Mrs. Kli/al^elh Dame, 353.

Mrs. Susan A., 354.

William, 353.
Brickett, Mrs. Abigail, 303.

Mrs. Edna, 303.

Eliia W., 303.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 303.

Elizabeth While, 303.

Dr. James, 303.

John, 147, 167, 303, 304.

John James, 303.

Lavinia, 303.

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BrkketC, Mrs. Lydia M., 503, 304.

Martha, 409.

Martha Ann Kimball, 303.

Martha Kimball, 303.

Nathan A., 522.

Sarah Ayer, 303.
Bridge at Cirrus island, 577, 578.

E»ex-Menimack, 340, 346.

Newbury port, 148.
Bridges. 75, 148, 340, 346, 577, 578.
Biidges, Sarah, 284, 341.
Bridgewater, Mass., 42, 311.
Brigantines, 156, 222, 229, 592, 593.
Bffiggt, Gov. George N., 387.

Russell E., 152.
Brigs, 18, 20, 215, 225, 248252, 405,
506, 507, 5". 532, 534» 592. 596.
Brintnall, Esther, 3S0.
Bristol, Eng., 247, 248.
Bristol county, Mass., 386.
British army, 205, 534.

coast, 506.

fleet, 20c.

packet ship, 534.

provinces, 448.

troops, 190, 468.
Britton, Serg. H. G., 522.
Broad street, 144, 238, 411.
Broadsides, 432, 437.
Broadway, N. Y. City, 358.
Brock way, Miss, 138.

Charles I., 160, 239.

Mrs. Elisabeth, 239.

Maria J., 139.
Brockway*s, Miss, schoolroom, 138.
Bromfield, Mrs. Ann, 396.

Henry, 396.

John, 396, 397.

Mrs. Margaret, 396.
Bromfield street, Newburyport, 15,

397. 439. 503.

Boston, 536, 577. .
Bronx (steam-tug), 79.
Brook6eld, Mass., 275.
Brookhouse, Mrs. Mary, 381.

Robert, 381.
Brooking, Adeline, 138.

John, 520.
Brookline, Mass., 540.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 79,* 197, 198, 268,
320, 322, 323, 327.

Navy yard, 323.
Brooks, George, 219.

Mrs. Henrietta Louisa, 219.
Brown'( Browne):

Mrs. Abigail, 226, 385.

Mrs. Agnes A., 354, 355.

Alexander D., 45, 169.

Brown, Alice, 347, 356.

Dr. Alphonso B., 310.

Amos, 96, 99.

Anne, 294.

Arthur P., 612, 613.

Mrs. Asenath Lyons, 354.

Mrs. Catherine, 226, 545.

Causten, c«q., 226.

Charles W., 451.

Charles William Milton, 451.

Mrs. Dorothy, 225.

Edward, 225, 226.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 347.

Mrs. Ellen T., 401.

Mrs. Eunice, 226.

George, 226.

George Edward, 451.

George Frederick Handel, 354.

Haydn, 178. 493.

Capt. Henry, 17.

Jacob, 96, 1 10.

James, 226, 522.

Jane, 271, 476.

John, 96, 99, 522, 526.

John Appleton, 354, 355.

John O. W., 147.

JohnT., 45, 401, 591.

Joseph, 95, 226, 385, 523, 526.

Lawrence, 253.

Levi, 347.'

Mrs. Lucretia llamsly, 451.

Lucy Ann, 551.

M. J., 142.

Mary, 226, 227, 275, 304, 507.

Mrs. Mary Jane, 371.

Mrs. Mary Jane Oarissa, 451.

Mary I^wrence, 253.

Mary Q., 389.

Moses, 29, 48,, 54, 60, 61, III,
119. "37. 146, 157. 164. 170. 225-
227, 250, 275, 297,370, 371, 385.
439.5*7. 585* 598. 599.612.

Nathan, 207, 525.

Nathan W., 68.

Nathaniel P.. 502.

Orlando, 519, 525.

Peter A., 376.

Mrs. Rebecca, 253.

Samuel, 56, 520, 523.

Sarah, 225, 226.

Mis. Sarah Justice, 565.

Selina Ann, 451.

Susan N., 389.

Susannah, 226.

Thomas, 88, 451, 518, 521.

Thomas Augustus, 45 1 .

Walter, 522, 527.

WUliam, 226, 545, 565, 577, 585.

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Brown high school, 389, 395.

Brown square, 147, 301, 309, 399.

Brown street, 60, 61, 251, 252, 477.

Brown's wharf, 71.

Bryant, G. J., 387.

Brunswick, Me., 313.

Brussels, France, 329.

Brutus Fire society, 32.

Buck, John, 31.

Buck street, 261.

BuckeU, Fire, 27-29, 34, 36, 37.

Buckingham, J. 11., 50a

Joseph H., 501.
Buenos Ayres, 392, 393.
Bufford, James, 100.
Bunker hill, Battle of, 86, 243, 325,

361, 404, 506, 511.
Buntin, Serg. Joseph, 525.

Mary L., 138.

Thomas, 60 1, 602.
Burbank, Jonathan M., 523.
Burgess, Captain, 23.
Burgoyne, General, 563.
Burials, 17-19, 228.
Burke, Mrs. Mabel, 564.

Robert E., esq., 184, 287, 564.

William, 516, 522.
Burley, Daniel S., 153.
Hurley & Stevens, 154.
Burley, Stevens & Co., 153.
Burlingame, Anson, 175.
Burlington, Vt., 409.
Burnham, Elizabeth, 92, 456.

Frederick D., 287.

Col. James, 405.

Jeremiah, 516.

Lt. John, 88, 92.

Sylvester, 391.

Thomas W., 64.

Wm. D., 524.
Burns, James, 518.

Robert, 174.
Hurnside, Gen. Ambrose K., 331.
Burr, Colonel, 205.

Aaron, 277.
Burrill, Edward, 604.

James, 527.

John, 31, 71, 118, 602.

Thomas, 31.
Burying grounds, 15, 18, 110-112.
Bush, Wm., 526.

Buswell, Jonathan, 88, 91, 94, 96, 98.
Bush wick, N. Y., 323.
Butler, Benjamin F., 75, 331.

Charles, 89, 147, 517, 524.

George, 417.

John, 105, 519, 520.

Molly, 229.

BuUer Philip, 516, 517, 527, 528.
Butman, Abigail, 192.
Buxton, Me., Church in, 495.
Byfield parish, 129, 147, 235, 533,

363, 477, 563.
cemetery, 558.
meeting-house, 558.
Byron, 282.

CABIN boy, 392.
Cabot, Francis, 261, 404.
John, 404.
Susan, 245, 261.
Calab, Me., 18, 20, 341.
CalcutU, 244, 398, 532.
Caldwell, Abner, 350.

Alexander, 31, 246, 418, 524, 553,

599.

Mrs. Eleanor, 334.

George J., 418.

James, 31, 43» I37, 553-

John, 334, 524.

Maria, 351.

Mary, 246,

Mrs. Mary W., 553.

Sarah, 43.

Stephen, 601.

Stephen A.. 418.

William, 298, 351, 524.

William Warner, 334.
California, 71, 283, 327, 411, 413.
California (steamboat), 71.
Call, A. A., 501.

Charles, SI7-5J9-

Jonathan, jr., 521.

Mosev, 526.
Calley, Benjamin, 104.

Eliphalet, 104.

Jonathan, 104.
** Calvin's Institutes of the Christian

Religion,*^ etc, 501.
Cambridge, Mass., 86, 90, 175, 178,
185, 209, 257,268, 312, 334, 361,

395, 410,496, 5"» 564.
Cambridge Law school, 481.
Campbell, Mrs. Elizabeth, 371.

James, 5i^5«o, 5", 527» 5*8.

Margaret, 307.

Mrs. Margaret M., 178.

Rev. Randolph, 18, 307, 325, 371.
Canada, Capture of, 303.
Canal, Essex Company^s, 80.

Pawtttcket, 245.
Cannon, 86, lot, 102, 107, 108, 112,

115,205, 209, 5i5>S47.
Canterbury, Eng., 332.
Canton Harmony, No. 47, Patriarchs
Militant (I. O O. F.), 127.

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Cape Ann, 8i, 234, 511.
Cape Cod, 201 .
Cape of Good Hope, 241.
Cape Henry, ITayti, 554.
Cape Poipus, Me., 574.
Carens, James F., 611, 612,
Carey, James, 452.

John, 96.

Kev. Thomas, 125, 129.
Carihl)can sea, 595.
Carlisle, Pa., 407.
Carlton, Amos, no.

Scrg. Daniel, 105.

John, 521.

Stephen, 105.
*• Carmen '* (oratorio), 184.
Carr, Ann, 578.

Dorothy, 579.

Elizabeth, 578, 579.

Emma, 551 •

Georce, 578, 579-

James, 577-579-

John, 91, 92» 5>8. 5«9, 578, 579.

Levi, 355. ^

Mary, 355. 578.

Richard, 577579.

Samuel, 579.

Mrs. Sarah, 579.

William, 578.
Carr's island, 80, 577, 578.

Feriy at, 577, 578.
Carrie IT. Spofford (schooner), 24.
Cart creek, 288.
Cartels, John, 105.
Carter, Elizabeth E., 133.

George, 520.

Hannah, 216.

Joshua, I57i 164. 165, 170, 599.

Nathaniel, jr., 599.

Thomas, 170.
Carters Uendr^, 501.
Cartridges, 1 01.
Carvanaugh, Ji>hn, 88.
Cary, Kev. Mr., 124, 290.

John, 98.

Thomas, 64, 164, 209, 348, 370,
496, 498.
Gary's, Rev. Mr., meelmg-house, 113.
Casey, Andrew J., 611.
Casilear, John W., 351.
Cass, Lewis, 203, 461.

Moses, 524.
Castine, Me., 19.
Casirine, St. Lucie, W. L, 349.
Caswell, Michael, 99.
Catalogue of Haverhill library, 497.
'* Catalogue of Books in the Newbury-
port Circulating Library," 500.

''CatechUm for Children," ** Dr.

Watts* Plain and Easy,*' 497.
*' Catechism of the Protestant Bpisoo-
pal Cnurch in Anterica," etc., 500.
Gates, James S., 527.
Caudle's, Mr., Breakfast Talk, 338.
Cazneau, Rebecca, 543.

Samuel, 543.
C. R. Stevens (steam-tug), 20, 72.
** Olestial City," 314.
Cemeteries, 14, 300, 319, 478.

on Qark^s lune, Salisbury Point, 300.

Dunker's, Germantown, Pa., 478.
Onsus of United States, 221.
Centennial fair, 76.
Centipede (iron collier), 78.
Ontral place, 329.
Central wharf, 71.
Century club, 355.
C^res (ship), 221.
Chalmers, Doctor, 335.
Chamberlin, Eliza Ann, 335.

Joseph, 551.
Chandler's lane, 207, 208, 234, 241

503.
Chapel, Stone, on Star island. Isles of

Shoals, 548.
Chapman, Charbtte Augusta, 413.
Elizalieth, 506.
Rev. George 1., 413.
Nathan, 104.
Chaplin, Rev. Jeremiah, 222, 540.

Mrs. Mary, 540.
''Character and Death of General

George Washington," 498.
<* Character and Virtues of Geneiml

George Washington,'* 498.
Charitable Society of Newburyport»

General, 143.
Charles street, 151, 534-536.
Charles L. Mather (steam-tug), 75, 80.
Charleston, S. C, 263, 484.
Charlcstown, Mass., 42, 241, 298, 414,

4»9. 430, 504t 537. 548.
Charter street, 126, 171, 312, 439,

55«.
Charter of Masiacliusetts Bay Colony,

^. 573.

Chartres, Duke de, 461, 462.
Chartieit, France, 461.
Chase, Chas., 527.

Daniel, 524.

J. T., 522.

James, jr., 525.

John, jr., 526.

John M., 612.

Joseph T., 517,609.

Moses, no.

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Chase, Samuel, iii, 524.

Sarah Ellen, 215.

Sidney M., 534.

Simeon, 105.

Wm., 523, 527.
Chaslellux, Marquis Francois Jean, 460.
Chaunccy, Judge, 272.

Rev. Charles, 285.

Elir^beth, 285.
Clieever, All>er(, 608.
Chelsea, Mas?., 90, 239, 317, 318,

336, ll^y 345i 409.
Chelmsford, Mass., 245.
Cheney, Mrs. Abigail, 325.

James W., 181.

Mary B., 325.

Moses, 93,

Samuel, 325.

Thomas, 95.
Cherokee Indians, 322.
Chester, N. H., 420, 428, 433-435-
Chestnut street, 469, 470.

Boston, 359, 360.
Chetolah (yacht), 83.
Chevrence, Jacquesson de la, 356.
Chicago, 111., 356, 414.
Chickering, John, 31, 149, 521, 526.
Chilcott, Clio M., 391.
Child, Harriet, 282.
Chile, 393.

China, Commissioner to, 482, 532.
Chipman, Lucy, 308.
Choate, Eben, 88.

Ebenezer, 96, 99.

John, 88,

Jonathan, 516.

Leonard, 41.

Mary, 92.

Nehemiah, 95.

Hon. Kufus, 175.
Choral society, 182.
Choral union, 184.
Christ church, Bjston, Mass., 276.

Hartford, Conn., 318, 320.

Oxford, Eng., 456.
Christian scientist, 309.
''Christian System," 495.
Church of the Advent, 321.
Church of England, 256, 325,455,456.
Church Monthly, 3:8.
Cincinnati, O., 545.
Citizen (steamboat), 70.
Citizen's Street Railroad Co., 45.
City clerks, 242, 613, 615.
City of Frederickton (steamboat), 73.
City Freight Railroad, 14.
City hall, 124, 172, 174-177, 181-184,
340, 399. 402, 415-

City of Haverhill (steamboat), 72, 73,

81.
City Improvement society, 68, 185.
City Point (steamboat), 23.
City treasurers, 537,613.
Civil war, 128, 185, 283, 308, 322,

330. 338» 343. 345» 4oi, 484, 565.
Clanin, Btnjamin, 89, 158.
Clara E. Uhler (steam-tug), 79.
Garemont, N. 11., 92.
Qark, Judge, 272.

Abraham Wheelwright, 246.

Amos, 283, 518.

Edward Warren, 246.

Mrs. Eliza, 320.

Ellen Swett, 283.

Enoch, 246.

George Henry, 246, 320.

George W., 182, 606.

Lt. Greenleaf, 93.

Dr. John, 288.

Mrs. Lucia, 320.

Mary, 246, 45 ^ 453-

Mrs. Mary Ann, 430.

Mary Rebecca, 246.

Moses, 112.

Mrs. RebeccA, 246, 247, 283, 318,
320, 321.

Robert, 600.

Rose, 504.

Rufus Wheelwright, 246, 320.

Samuel, 518, 520, 523.

Samuel Adams, 246, 321.

Mrs. Sarah, 321.

Lt. Silas, 90.

Stephen, 430.

Mrs. Susan Sanderson, 321.

Thomas M., 31, 136, 137, 147, 160,
165, 170, 175, 501, 599.

Capt. Thomas M., 135.

Thomas March, 246, 247, 318, 320,
321.

Rev. Thomas March, 318, 319.
Clark & Whitten, 283.
Oark*s lane, Salisbury Point, 300.
Clarkson, Elizabeth, 361.

Margaret, 389, 391.
Clay, Henry, 274, 352.
Cleaveland, Nehemiah, 174.
Clement Mrs. Qara Erskine, 225, 347.

James Hazen, 347.
Qement^s inn, 255, 256.
Qerks, City, 242, 6n, 615.

of courts, 549, 558.

of house of deputies, 571, 572.

of house of representatives, 92.
Qeveland, O., 417.
Clocks, 447, 591.

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Qocks, Makers of, 382, 559.

Ooch, Cotton, I47U9. »5"» ^53. 235»

a45» 246.
Qout, James, 91.
Glutton, Thomas, 1 1 1 .
Coal, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 75, 78, 367.
370.

pocket, 78.

Rhode Island, 367.
Coates, David, 29, 89, 112, 113, $98.

Elizabeth, 553.
Cobb, Krancis 1)., esq., 232, 258.

Francis Davis, 232.

Katherine H., 232.

Mrs. Katherine S., 232.

Louisa Famham, 232.

Matthew, 232.

Mrs. Phebe Bliss, 232.

Richard, 232.

William, 232.
Cobum, Josian, 105.
Cockburn, Sir Alexander, 484.
Coffin, Mrs. Abigail, 225.

Amos, 606, 607.

Anna L., 179.

Benjamin, 508.

Brocklebank Samuel, 579.

Charles E., 613.

Charles 11., 43, 138, 151, 169, 416.

Daniel, 29.

David, 60, 146, 228, 251, 525, 561,
600.

David M., 72.

Rev. Ebenezer, 313, 543.

Edmund, 251, 509.

Francis L, 539.

Frederick J., 604, 606.

George, 96, 98, 521.

Hector, 31, 148, 376.

John, 99, 524.

Joseph, 225, 495.

Capt. Joseph M., 73, 76, 80.

Joshua, 177, 506, 614.

Lemuel, 28, 99, no, ill, 417, 418.

Margaret, 506.

Mrs. Mary, 313, 543, 561.

Mary Johnson, 251, 509.

Miriam, 250, 508.

Moses, 519.

Capt. Nathaniel, 522.

Paul, 91, 96, 98, 495.

Peter, 575.

Rel>ecca, 239, 240.

Robert S., 543.

Robert Stevenson, 313.

Capt. Samuel, 298.

Samuel Brocklebank, 579.

Sarah, 225, 226, 506.

Coffin, Susanna, 133.

Tristram, 149, 157, 164, 601.

William, 22$, 240, 507.

William C, 611.

William S., 22.
Cogswell, Bridget, 228.

Elizabeth, 439.

Dr. Nathaniel, 440.

Wade, 44a
Coker, Mrs. Catherine, 504.

Hannah, 504. 505. 507-

Hawthorne, 198.

Robert, 504.
Colbar, David, 104.

Colby, George J. L., 177, 327-3«9»
614.

Mrs. Hannah, 327.

Hezekiah, jr., 33.

Joseph Lunt, 327.

Makepeace, 90, 94, 96, 98.

Philip, 516.

Mrs. Sarah Araliella, 328.
Colby & Lunt, 7$.
Colt^ university, 222.
Cole, Benjamin, 32.

Charles, 518.

Charles Octavius, 350.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 255.

Joseph Greenleaf, 350.

Lyman Emerson, 350.

Moses, 521, 526.

Moses Duprd, 349, 350.

Mrs. Sarah, 349.

William, 18, 99, 255.
Collector of customs, 46, 282.

Collery, , 521.

Collier, David, 104.
Collins, Mrs., 137.

Daniel, 88, 91, 92, 96, 98.

Elizalieth, 278.

Maj. James, 88, 91.

Richard, 293.
Collinsville, Cxinn., 238.
Colman, , 44.

Mrs. Anne, 294.

Benjamin, 128, 294.

Dudley, 91, 9a, 96.

Jeremiah, 416, 601.

Dr. Samuel, 294.

Sarah, 451.

Mrs. Susannah, 295.
Colony, John, 96, ^.
Columbia college, 395.
Columbian Centinal, 462.
Columbian college, Washington, D.C.»

346.
Columbian order, 327.
Commercial Advertiser, 276.

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Commercial wharf , 240, 400.
Commissioners to end small causes in

Newbury, 571.
Committee of safety, 85, 101 1 209, 216,

220, 267, 285.
Concerts, 45, 181-184, 325.
Concord, Mass., 230, 243, 349, 399.

N. H., 271,476,477.
Concord liattle, 86.
Concord river, 477.
Condry, Ann, 564, 565,

Mrs. Catherine Rebecca, 565.

Charles Coffin, 565.

Delia Walker, 565.

Dennis, 493, 564* <fi<i^

Lewis Lowell, 564, 565.

Mrs. Mary, 564.

Sarah Browne, 565.
Congregational church in Brunswick,
Me., 313.

Portland, Me., 469.
Congress, 207, 265, 266, 271, 283,
286, 292, 467-478, 480-482, 485.

Members of, 207, 26iS, 271, 283,
286, 292, 467-476, 480-482, 485.

Continental, 529.
Congress hall, Philadelphia, 469, 470.
Congress street, 42.

meeting-house, 41.
Congressional Directory, 331.
Connecticut Historical Society. 321. ■
Connecticut Manufactory lottery, 432.
Connolly, John, 94.
Connor, William, 99, 526.
Connors, Benjamin, 96.
Constantinople, Turkey, 343.
Constitution, Stale, 491.

United States, 266, 396.
Constitutional convenlion, Massachu-
setts, 209.
Continental army, 90, 91, 96, 99, 100,
103, 105, 109, 212, 228, 230,
250,285, 511.

congress, 190, 220, 261, 266, 286,
463, 467.

securities, 109.

troops, 243, 563.
Contributors to the public library fund,
402.

school funds, 385.

street and park improvements, 396.
Cook, Albert, 18.

Charles, 33, 519. 521, 525.

Christopher C. , 73.

Elias, no, III.

Henry, 169, 416, 606.

Ens. James, 522.

Capt. James G., 18.

Cook, John, 96, 98, no, 112. 601.

Moody D., 604.

Samuel, 32.

Thomas D., 522.

Zebedee, 31, 156. 600.
Ooolidge, Fanny, 254, 282, 485.

Lt. Jonathan, 522.
Coombs, Al}igail, 212.

Anna, 212, 392, 557.

Betty, 211, 233, 238, 239.

Elisabeth, 212.

Mrs. Jane, 211, 212, 586.

John, 146, 211.

{ohn P., 607.
^ydia, 210-212, 233, 241, 586.

Martha, 211.

Mary, 211, 212.

Mrs. Michal, 212, 213.

Philip, 210-212, 233, 241, 586, 600,
601.

Susanna, 212.

William, 29, 89, 112, 129, 130, 134,
146, 157, 164.211,212,233, 234,
586, 587, 59«, 599.
Coombs whaif, 392.
Cooper, George E., 613.

George W., 611.

John M., 602, 603.
Co-operative Bank, 171.
Copley, John Singleton, 191, 193, 258.
Copper-plate engraving, 368, 377.
Cord, James, 104.
Cordova, Central Argentina, 393.
Corey, Fanny M., 411.
Cork, Ire., 221, 457.
Coriiss, George II., 145* 431*

Mrs. George II., 146.
Cornhill, Newburyport, 156.
Cornwallis, General, 105.
Cornwallis, N. S., 318.
Corunna, Spain, 229, 531.
Cottle, Woodbridge, 208.
Cottle's lane, 15, 438, 503.
Cotton, Benjamin, 91, 98, 104.

Leonard, 91, 94, 96, 98, 104.
Cotton Company, Newburyport Steam,

148, 149.
Cotton spinning machinery, 446.
Couch, John, 526.

Joseph, 134.

Robert, 418, 606, 608.

William, 522.
Council for New England, 57a
Country road, 15, 56, 57, 503, 566.
County commissioners, 280, 328, 555.
Court of common pleas, 257, 284, 285.

general sessions, 33, 257.
Court house, 38, 128, 257, 442.

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Courl street, 328, 382, 384.
Oowell, Anna, 191.
Cowles Art school, 358.
Crabtree, Abraham A., 611.
Crafts, Gov. Samuel C, 267.
Cram, Mr., 444, 445.

Mrs. Argentine, 54.

Benjamin, $4.

Gyles, 53.

Samuel, 104.
C?ruiiil>ries, Lt. -governor, 204.
Creasey, George, 344.

George William, 344, 34$.

Mrs. Harrier, 344.

Philip II., 24.

Samuel, 518.

Mrs. Sarah Boardman, 345.
Creedon, P. J., 44.
Crier, Town, 5053.
Crocker, Sarah, 3oiS.
Crockett, Capt. AUard, 19.
Cromlon, Gyles, 53.
Cromwell, Argentine, 54.

Oliver, 90. 94. S^"-
Crosby, , 326.

Michael, 96.
Cross, Mr., 35.

Abijah, 307.

Caleb, 28.

Charles R., 389.

Mrs. Charlotte T., 307.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 307.

Dr. Enoch, 307, 309.

George, 551.

Heaton, 523.

Hector, 517.

Henry M., 78, 178, 307, 608.

John, 50, 307.

Mrs. Lucy Ann, 551.

Mrs. Margaret, 307.

Mrs. Mary Cabot, 281, 552.

Ralph, 28, 45, 98, III, 209-211,
241,524. 584, 585. 597.

Robert, 32, 274, 281, 552.

Mrs. Ruth, 281, 551, 552.

Mrs. Sarah, 241, 584.

Stephen, 209, 211, 228, 234, 585,

597, 598.

Thomas, 33.

William, 29, 246, 281, 551, 552,
600.
Cuba, 83, 225, 596.
Cumberland county, 96, 266.
Cummings, Eleanor, 468.

Dr. E. P., 309.

James, 525.
Cunningham, J. H., 313.

Curfew, 49.

Currier, Albert, 145, 151, 447, 493,

494, 602, 604.
Amos, 535.
Benjamin F., 416.
Edward, 519, 520, 523.
Enoch G., 604.
Mry. Eunice, 399.
George E., 607.
nerl)ert, 613.
Jacob, 110.
Ens. James H., 522,
John, 44, 72, 241, 399, 416, 603.
John J., 15-17,64, 178, 418, 494,

$62, 605, 608.
Joseph H., 607.
Joshua, 496.
Leonard, 399.
Mrs. Mary, 241.
Matthew, jr., 523.
Moses Atkinson, 399.
Moses Coffin, 399.
Nathaniel, 518, 535.
Samuel, 522, 602.
Solomon A., 537.
Warren, 181, 400, 493, 605-607.
William, jr., 159.
William E., 287.
Curtis, Andrew R., 610-612.
George W., I75-
Timothy, no.
dishing, Benjamin, 253.
Caleb, 17, 114, 117, 174. 178. ^53,

279, 280, 284, 286, 287, 334,

338. 352, 4i6, 481-485, 492.500,

559, 561, 601, 603, 614.
Mrs. Caroline, 279.
Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth, 482, 500,

559.
Mrs. Ellen M., 254.
Mrs. Hannah, 253.
John, 103.
John N., 18, 161, 167, 279,416,

601.
John Newmarch, 253, 254,481, 559.
Lawrence B., 131, 141, 178, 305,

370, 502, 615.
Lydia, 253, 279. 481, 559-
Sarah, 254, 395.
Thomas, 467.

William, 253, 254, 395, 416, 604.
Gushing guard, 114, 115.
Gushing park, 400.
Custom house, 68, 103, 127, 165, 166,

274. 502. 537.
Boston, 214, 345, 565-
Portsmouth, N. H., 476.

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Customs, Collectors of, 46, 228, 240,

250, 548.
Cutler, Mrs. Alice, 189, 191, 195, 196.

loseph, 164, 189, 191, 195, 196.

liev. Maoasseh, lOO, 108.

Samuel, 124, 155, 157.

Sarah, 196.

Susan, 196.
Cutter, Abiaham, 414.

Abracn Edmands, 414.

£beD P., 606.

Mn. Mary, 414.

Thomas H., 605,
Cutting, Capt. John, 504.

Maty, 504.
Cutts, Anna Gertrude, 92.

Richard D., 92.

DAGUERKE. M., 307.
Daily Evening Union, 328.
Daily Tattler, 540.
Dalton, Mr., 265.
Mrs. Abigail, 213.
Mary, 213, 214, 216, 467, 590.
Michael, 32, 213, 214, 216, 467.
Philemon, 213.
Mrs. Ruth, 189, 191, 214.
Tristram, 34, 106-108, 128, i{{9,
191, 214, 218,461,467,491,589,
590, 597, 598.
Dalton (privateei), 229, 506, 507, 511.
Dalton club, 213.

Dame, Charles C, 287, 336, 493, 605,
609.
Luther, 389, 494, 606, 607, 612.
Dana, Rev. Daniel, 18, 129, 134, 174,
212. 272, 497, 498, 500.
Mrs. Eliralieth, 212.
Prof. James F., 564.
Joseph, 129, 249, 272, 287, 495,

497» 498-

Mrs. Lucy, 272.

Mrs. Mary, 272.

Mrs. Matilda, 564.

Rev. Samuel, 212.

Mrs. Susanna, 212.
Danbury, Conn., 93.
Dan ford, Enoch, 516.
Danforth, Lucy P., 335.
Daniels, Abigail, 198.
D^nvers, Mass., 80, 190, 191, 406,

540, 578.
Danville, Me., 270.
Dartmouth college, 270, 272, 275, 277,
280, 282, 285, 297, 410, 461,

473. 555, 564.
Medical school, 297, 304, 307.

Daughters of Rebekah, 126.
Daveds, John, 516.
Davenport, , 502.

Messrs., 120.

Mr., 378.

Anthony, 120, 210, 520, 599.

Mrs. Catherine, 210.

Charles, 521.

Charles W., 604.

Harriet, 306.

John, 306.

Mr. M., 30.

Moses, 37, 120, 156, 160, 406,602-
605.

William, 518, 521, 585.
Davis, Aaron, 112, 160, 552.

Benjamin, 105, no, 604.

Charles, 516, 518, 522.

Capt. Clemens E., 74, 615.

Capt. Elias, 93.

H. P., 536.

Isaac, 93.

James, 100.

Jefferson. 109.

John, 96, 99, 104.

Capt John O., 74, 75.

Joseph, 112.

\A, Joshua, 105.

Mary Ann, 275.

Moody, 452, 453.

Rebecca L, 478.

Samuel, 100.

ThomaJ, 170, 523, 602.

Thomas H., 608.

William, 123, 148, 160, 167, 168,
518, 521, 601.

William T., 614.
Davison, Daniel, 562.
Day, Albert W., 321.

Dr. Clarence C., 310.

Jonathan, 96, 98.
Dean, John, 62.

John Ward, 561. '
Dearborn, Dr. Alvah B., 309.

Benjamin, 35.
Dear Isle, Me., 25.
DeBlois, George, 197.

Mrs. Ruth, 197.
Decatur (privateer), 66, 249, 303.
Decatur t steamboat), 70.
Declaration of Independence, 106,

270, 278, 463, 464.
Dedham, Mass., 300.
Deer island, 122, 341-343, 420.
DeFord, Simuel T., 32, 149, 165,

601.
DeUny, James, 96, 98.

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Delaware, Fort, 109.
Delia Walker (ship), 564.
Deman, John, 516.
Deonis, Amot, 525.
Dennison, Major-general, 576.
Derby, Mn. Lucy, 285.
Dernier Resort Fire society, 28.
DeRochemont, Charles 11., 608, 61a
Desannette, John, 242.

Mis. Martha, 242.
Devereux, Catherine, a 18.

Capt. John. 563.
Dewey, Katherine S., 232.

Mrs. Louisa, 232.

Rev. OrvtUe, 232.
Dexter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 380, 419, 427,
429, 43a

Mrs. Esther, 380, 430.

John, 94, 428.

Mrs. MehiUble, 430.

Nancy, 428, 430, 590.

Nathan, 380, 428.

Samuel Lord, 427, 430.

Timothy, 59, 102. 220, 277, 334,
375, 380, 4«9 438, 590.
Dexter house, 351, 4231 43o.
Diana (British letter of inar(|ue), 247.
Diary of Tohn Qiiincy Adams, 230,
263-20C.

Rev. William Bentley, 125.

Rev. Manasseh Cutler, 100.

Caleb Haskell, 89.

Charles Herbert, 229.

Paul Lunt, 506.
Dickens, Dr. Job B. M., 309.

Dr. Job T., 309.
Dickey, George A., 391.
Dickinson college, 407.
Dijon, France, 211.
Diligent (schooner), 221.
Dimmick, Rev. Luther 'F., 18, 171,
181.348.

Mary E., 143.
** Diosma,** a collection of poems, 312.
Directory, Newburyport, 502, 533.
Distilleries, 199, 227, 298.
District attorney of United States, 514,

549.
Dixon, Alexander, 135.
Dockham, C. Augustme, 502.
Doctors, 163, 288-300.
Dodge, , 45.

Abraham, 88, 92, 103, no, 112.

Adeline, 551.

Allen, 551, 600.

Austin, 389.

Dana, 606.

Edwin Sherrill, 415.

Dodge, Elisha P., 183, 400, 610.

Elisha Perkins, 415.

Francis, ^29.

John, 148, 517, 522, 5^3-

John S., 134.

John W., 64, 389.

Rev. John Webster, 65.

Joseph, 95.

Judith, 405.

Mrs. Katharine S., 41 5.

Lawrence Paine, 415.

Mrs. Mary, 329.

Mary Periey, 329.

Nathan D., 608.

Nathan Dane, 415.

Robert G., 612.

Robert Gray, 41$.

Samuel, 518, 519, 523.

Mrs. Sarah Perkins, 415.

Virginia, 329, 331.

William H. P., 41$.

William H. T., 613.
Dodge, Bliss & Co., 45.
Dodge, WillUm II. P., fund, 415.
Doggett, Joaeph, 521.
Dole, Daniel, 597.

David, 110.

El)en S., 491.

Elizabeth, 242.

Irene, 305.

Jane, 360, 370.

John, 288, 526.

Jonathan, 360.

Mary, 102,

Nathaniel, 178.

Richard, 54.

WUlard W., 45.
Doliber, Ruth, 198.
Donncll, Frederick W., 521.

Nathaniel, 418.
Donniel, Frederick, 527.
Doniioly, Jaiiicv, 94.
Donovan, John, 104.
Dora (steam yacht), 82, 83.
Dorchester, Mass., 304, 308,468, 512.
Dorr, Edward, 125.
Doughty, Francis, 255.
Douglass, John A., 389.

William, 51.
Dover, N. H., 382, 408, 574.
Dow, Dr. Aaron, 58.

George Francis, 614.

Irene, 558.

James B., jr., 303.

iohn, 105.
-ydia, 253, 279,481,559.
Mrs. Mary C, 303.
Downer, Henry J., 66.

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Downing, David, 91, 98, 104.
Draper, , 351.

John, 367.
Draper, Murray & Fairman, 379, 554.
Draper, Toppan, Longacre &Co., 368.
Dresser, Benjamin, 103.

Lt. Daniel, 88.
Drown, Mrs. Comfort, 382.

Rev. Edward L., 178.

Mrs. Phebe, 382.

Richard W., 137, 144, 382. 384.

Thomas, 382.

Thomas S., 384.
Drowning, Rescue from, 130.
Drug stores, 295, 300, 353, 408.
Dryade (brig), 532.
Dry-goods slores, 352, 473, 550, 551,

553-
Duane, William, 377.
Dublin, Ire., 496.
Dudl^, Joseph, 198-200, 577.

Katherine, 198.

Mary, 198, 199.

Simuel, 104.

Gov. Thomas, 200.
Dummer, Mrs. Katherine, 198.

Lt.-gov. William, 198.
Dummer academy, 244, 294, 329, 396,

407,411,563.
Duning, David, 96.
Dunkers' cemetery, Germantown, Pa.,

478.
Dunlap, Gov. Robert Pinckney, 274.
Duplessis, H.f 124.
Dupr^, Jacques Moyse, 349.

EA. CREKl) (schooner), 20.
• Eat»t Boston, Mass., 74, 79, 81,
83, 320, 400.
Easterbrooks, Samuel, 99.
Eastern Railroad Company, 43, 252,

444*

Depot of, at Rowley, 443.
East Haverhill, Mass., 477.
East India trade, 245, 254, 413.
East Indies, 234, 239, 396.
East Machias, Me., 19,
Eastman, Rev. Lucius R., 398.
Eaton, Jeremiah, 526.

Samuel, 94, 110.
Eddy, Mrs. Mary Baker-Glover, 309.

Thomas, 277.
Edes&Gill, 499.
Edgewater (steamboat), 81.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 208, 293.
Edmands, Barnabas, 414.

Mrs. Eliza, 414.

Mary Eliza, 414.

Edmunds, William, 524.
Edwards, Elizabeth, 455.

Joseph, 32.

Moses, 37.

Samuel, 332.
Edwina (schooner), 27.
Eighth regiment, 114.
Eldridge, Daniel, 96, 98.

Ellen Willis, 332.

Joseph, 520, 524.

Mrs. Sarah Payson, 332.
Electric Light and Power Company,

Newburyport, 154.
Eliot, Charles, 184.

Mrs. Katherine, 201.

Samuel. 201.

Thomas, 103.
Elizabeth, N. J., 321.
Elks, Benevolent and Protective Order

of, 66.
Ellingwood, Mrs. Harriet Maria, 219.

Rev. John W., 219.
Elliott, Mrs. Betsey Hayward, 275.

Daniel, 275.

James W., 21, 539.
Ellis, Helita, 524.

S. A., 181.
Ellitt, Corp. William, 94.
Elm tree of the old Morse house, 566.
Elsey, Wade, 527.
Embargo, The, 269, 272, 278.
Embezzlement of James V. Felker, 537.
Emerson, Bulkeley, 119, 1 20;

Charles, 516, 525, 527.

Hannah B., 261.

Hannah Bliss, 230, 232.

Rev. John E., 320.

Ens. Nehemiah, 90.

Ralph Waldo, 175.

Samuel, 600.

Rev. William, 230.
Emerson^s rocks, 19, 20, 23.
Emery, Mrs. Abigail, 241.

Caroline, 57, 58.

George, 125, 602.

Jonathan, 397.

Josiah, 241.

Laurens C., 613.

Mary A., 45.

Moses, 57, 526.

Nancy, 137.

Nathaniel, iii.

Rev. Rufns, 348.

Sarah A., 436.
Emery, Jonathan, & Son, 397.
Empire Qty, Cal., 557.
Encampment of Massachusetts, of
L O. O. F., 127.

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Endicott, Dorcas, 558.
Enginei, Fire, 32-43.

houMS, 3a. 34, 39. 40.
England, 190, 194, 195, 197, 198, 200,
203, 211, 221, 226, 234, 245-247,
249. 25o» ^52,255, 256, 269, 293,
304. 325. 33«» 346, 370-372,376,
377. 393. 406. 407. 446, 447. 455-
457. 465. 474, 500, 503, 504. 506,
507,5".563. 570, 57«.
Bank of, 368.
Ea|rlUb frigate*, 249, 252, 313, 507,
511.
navy, 199, 200, 295.
tiansporti, 534.
Engraven, 347, 351, 363, 367, 368,

37 >. 377. 379. 554. 59o.
Bank-note, 554.
Engraving, 368, 370, 372, 379, 425,

615.
Ennis, John, 04, 97, 98.
Ensenada Railway Company, 393.
Eon (steam fire engine), 40, 41.
Episcopal church, Newburyport, 498.
Epitapiu in Old Hill burying-ground,

583-5««.
•*Epilaphs," by H.F. Gould, 313, 549.
E. P. Morris (steamboat), 77.
E. P. Shaw (steamboat), 77.
Ernst, C W., esq., 370.

Carl Wilhdm, 614.
Erskine, Mrs. Harriet, 347.

John, 347.
Essex, Mass,, 76, 92, 494.
Essex (steamboat), 70.
Essex bar association, 272, 286, 287.
Essex county, 200, 267, 269, 271, 282,
284, 302, 328, 468, 473, 477, 480,

493. 549. 555. 558.
History of, 328.
Physical geography of, 539.
Essex street, 123, 145, 170, 172, 174,

303. 309, 326, 350.
Essex hall, 145.
building, 172.
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 29, 133,

375. 377.495-499. 501. 549-
Essex Journal and New Hampshire

Packet, 60, 510.
Essex Marine Insurance Company, 162.
Essex-Merrimack bridge, 75, 122,274,

276, 340. 346, 420, 428, 462.
Essex North Musical convention, 181.
E«ex Steam Mills, 149.
Eulogies on Gen. George Washington,

270. 498.
Enstis, Mrs. Eleanor St. Barbe, 219.
Joseph, 219.

Evangelhie (steam yacht), 80.
Evans, John, jr., 527.

John P., 608.

Joseph W., 609.

Richard, 517, 519, 523.

Thomas, 112.

Winthrop O., 605.
Eveley, Lt. Joseph, 88.
Everett (steam yacht), 80.
Evergreen cemetery, 323.
Ewer, Charles, 550.
Ewing, Captain, 461.
Exeter, N. H., 294, 347. 37i. 404.

457. 463. 548.
Expedition, Lady Franklin Bay, 343,

344.
against the French, 499.
to Penoliscot river, 293.
to Quebec, 88, 89.
to Rhode Island, 293.

FAIR street, 52, 215. 228, 305, 309,
361.
FairlMioks, Caroline Louisa, 409.

Hon. Stephen, 409.
Fairfield county, Conn., 377.
Fairhaven, Mass., 321.
Fairlee, Vt., 280.
Fairman, , 351, 554.

Gideon, 367, 368. 379.
Fall River, Mass., 152.
Falmouth, Me., 262, 265, 266, 468.
Fame (brig), 405.
Faneuil hidl, Boston, 460.
Fanny (steamboat), 69.
Farley, John Dennis, 526.
Farnham, Catherine Louisa, 232.

Charlotte, 232.

Daniel, 57, 59, 229, 232, 257, 258,
260, 261, 291, 447, 597.

Dorothy, 57, 260.

Eli7Al)etb Cordis, 232.

Mrs. Kvelyn, 212.

Hannah, 57, 260.

Mrs. Hannah B., 230, 232, 261.

Hannah Bliss, 232.

John Hay, 232.

Katharine, 57, 258-260.

Louisa, 232.

Mary Bliss, 232.

Phebe Bliss, 232.

Samuel, 261.

Sarah, 261.

Sibyl Angier, 232.

Sibyll, 57, 229, 257, 260, 291.

William, 57, 229-232, 260, 261,
301.

William Emerson, 232.

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Farnsworth (steam-tug), 78, 79.
Fanington, DcWilt, 75.
Farris, Mrs. Elizabeth, 202, 203.

Mrs. Frances, 203, 212, 544.

Margaret, 203.

William, 29, in, 157, 202, 203,
207, 212, 349, 544.
Farris & Stocker, 203, 385.
Faunce, George, 303.

Mrs. Mary C, 303.
Fayei weather, Margaret, 396.
Febiger, Christian, 86.
Federal constitution, 107, 286, 467.
Federal Fire society, 30.
Federal street, 19, 31, 36,37, 39, 4^,

I30» >33» J5i» >52i "8'» 207.
211, 223, 224, 234. 235, 237,
239, 241, 242, 269, 270, 361,

396, 437* 457» 501, 503. 532.
meeting-house, 18, 49, 174, 448,

4S0.
Felker, James V., 78, 537, 613.
Felton, Hugh, 103.
Samuel M., 175.
Female Bethel society, 142, 143.
Female high school, 334, 389, 392.

395, 408-410.
Female seminary, Byfield, 477.
Females, Society for the Relief of

Aged, 138-141.
Fenney John, 519.
Femald, II. B., 287.
Ferry, Amesbury, 461.
Ferry at Carr's island, 577, 578.
Ferry landing place, 225.
Ferry road, 13, 186, 299, 399, 401.
Ferry, Upper, Philadelphia, Pa., 376.
Ferry wharf, 251, 400.
Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., 45.
Field, William Nichols, 565.
Fielding, John, 97, 98.
Fillmore, John T., 73, 81.

Millard, 329.
Finey, John, 523.
Fires, 27, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40. 4i» U9>

159, 240, 300, 336, 349, 40s.

463, 473i 548* 562.
Fire of 1811,31, 37, 159, 240, 3491

405. 463. 473-
Fire alarm, 42.

buckets, 29, 34, 36, 37.

by-laws, 33.

department, 38-40, 117.

engines, 3243.

hooks, 33, 36, 37.
Firemen, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45-

Benefit association, 45.

Fund for injured, 43.

Firemen, Hale fund for, 43.

Sick Benefit association, 44.
Fire societies, 27-32.
Firewards, 33-36, 38, 60.
First Baptist society, 60.
First church, Cambri ige, 496.

Newbury, 496.

Newburyport, 496, 497.

West Newbury, 180.
First Congregational church. West

Newbury, 556.
First National Bank, 169^ 170.
First Parish church, Medford, 279.

Salem Village, 578.

West Newbury, 63.
First Parish meeting-house, 41.

Newbury, 506.
First Parish society, West Newbury, 6j.
First Presbyterian church, 272.

and society, 448.

First Presbyterian meeting-house, 19.

181, 270, 318, 457-459» SOI, 532.

First Religious society, 135, 181, 230,

232, 278, 299, 329, 332, 334.

406,467,469* 501.565-

Newburyport, 39, 276, 498, 499-

meeting-house of, 123, 299, 430,
487. 498, 499.
Fish street, 53, 213, 219, 234, 261,

262. 289, 293.
Fbher, Mrs. Mary, 290.

William, 290.

WiUiamG., 6fi.
Fishing Insurance Company, Newbury-
port Mutual, 160.
FisV, Lt. Joseph, 02.
Fiske, Rev. Daniel J., 178, 348.

Prof. John, 178.
Fitz, George, 70.

John, 599.

Mark, 146, 147.

Nathaniel, 518.
Five Cents Savings Bank, 169.'
Flag of five stars, 515.
Flagg, Grizzell Aptnorp^ 312.'
Flagg & Gould, 500.
Flanders, Artemas, jr., 519.

Charles, 526-528.

Daniel, no, 111.

Enoch, 526.

Enoch C, 52, 53.

John, 517, 523.

Nathaniel, 522, 526.

Nathaniel F., 517.

Nehemiah, 517, 519, 523, 527.

William, 520, 523.
Plavers, John, 518.
Fleet, T. &J., 155.

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Fleet's Mmanacs, 155.
Fletcher, Rev. J. C., 346, 348.

Toho, 598.

Julia Constance, 348.
Florence (steamboat), 76, 77.
Florence, Ilaly, 351, 554.
Floyd, Joseph, 1 10.

Robert, 21, 539.
Flying Fish (schooner), 22.
Flynn, John, 94.
Focsg, Caleb, 104.

Qarence J., 61 3.
Follansbee, Caroline, 381.

Catherine, 352.

Mrs. Hannah, 381.

Lucy Maria, 381.

Mary, 381.

Nathan, 147, 352, 521.

Samuel, no.

Sophia Ann, 143.

Capt. Thomas M.,381.

William, 103.
Folsom, Benjamin, 516,
Fontlgebeau, Colonel, 462.
Foot, Caleb, 94.

Enoch, 9698, 104.

James, 527.

James L., 52, 524.

Samuel, 89.
Forbes, William, 416.
Ford, Andrew, 380.

Margaret, 380, 381.

Samuel D., 523.

Samuel J., 127.

Mrs. Sarah, 380.
Foreman, Amos, 519, 521.
Forest Hills cemetery, 317.
Forrester street, 42.
Fort Delaware, 109.

at Isles of Shoals, 547.

Oswego, 211.

Philip, 515.

on Plum island, 16.

at Portsmouth, 548.
Forts, 16, 100, 109, 211, 515, 547,

548.
Fortuna (sloop), 27.
Fortune (negro?), 589.
Fortune teller, 439.
Forty-eighth Massachusetts regiment,

400, 485.
Fosf, David, 145, 309.

Ernest, 287.

John, 497.
FoM, John, ** Journal of the Captivity

and Sufferingi of,** 497.
Foster, Daniel, no, in, 523.

Capt. Henderson, 19.

Foster, John, 89.

Moses, 92.

Nathaniel, 32,417-

Robert, 62, 600.

Samuel, 67, 68, 60a

Samoel H., 600.

Ens. Solomon, 521.

Mrs. Susan, 92.

Thomas, 32.
Fountains, Drinking, 399-401 .
Fouquet, EKxabetb, 212, $40.

Mary jane, S4a
Fourth Essex disiriet (state senatorial),

485. 493» 494.
Fourth Middle congressional district
(Essex county), 468, 473, 476,

477.
Fourth Religious society, 325, 450.

meeting-house of, 325.

Newbnryport, 448.
Fowie, Mrs. Alice, 191, 195.

Greenfield Hooper, 19$.

Jacob, 191, 195.

James Roland, 195.

Robert, 121, 195, 196.

Stephen Hooper, 195.

Mrs. Susan, 196.

Susannah, 195.
Fowler, George W., 279.

Hannah, 327.

Mrs. Harriet Louisa, 279.

Jacob, no.

Moses H., 605-607.

Mrs. Moses 11., 179.

Richard, 602.
Fowles, Helen B., 44, 45.
Fox, Mary, 272.

Rev. Thomas B„ 175, 348.
Fox (ship), 247.
Fiancestown. N. H., 328.
Francis, Col. Ebeneser, 93, 98, 99.

James, 520, 525.

William («• Emperor "), 454.
Frankfort, 19.

Pa., 326.
Franklin, Benjamin, 377.
Franklin (schooner), 23.
Franklin, Dr., Wooden statue of, 42a.
Fraternity hall, 177, 178, 185.
Frazier, Mrs. Elizabeth, 546.

Mary, 546.

Moses, 546, 598.
Frederic Reed (schooner), 19.
Frederickton, N. B., 3^3.
Freemasonry, 275, 305, 3n.
Freemasons, 1 19-121, 124, 215, 294,

350.
Fremont, John C, 330.

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French, Betsey, 298.

Charles, 60a.

David M., 399.

James P., 387.

Capt. Joshua, 104.

Mary Evadne, 382.

Hon. Ralph, 382.

Samuel, jr., 600.
French, Expedition against the, 4i>9.

fleet, 100.

government, 4C6.

minister, 292.

privateers, 235, 474, 547.

revolution, 461.

sailors, 531.
Friend, William, 89, 112, 225, 525.
Friendly Fire society, 31.
Friends' Academy, 339.
FriRates, 229. 506, 507, 531, 592.

English, 221, 313, 511.
Frog pond, 113, 114, 184, 191, 193,

230, 238, 244, 401.
Frost, John S., 60S.
Frothingham, Andrew, 65, 147.

Benjamin, 29, 102, 380, 419.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 380, 419.

Oilman, 167.

Mrs. Hannah, 408.

Henry, 65, 157, 161, 167, 524,601.

Isaac, 94, 105.

Mrs. Jane, 65.

Joseph, 32.

Joseph A., 137, 146, 171, 408, 605.

Mrs. Martha, 408.

Stephen, 31, 408, 601.
Fruit street, 174, 303, 368, 371, 476,

556.
Fryc, Joshua, 523.
Fuller, A., 71.

Col. Nathan, 96.

Tomp, 589.
Funerals, 18, 19, 215, 329, 407, 421,

427.
Furgerson, James, 105.

John, 105.
Furlone, Henry, 31, 52$.
Furnald, James, 524.

Joseph, 520.

Thomas, 517.

GAGE, Captain, 130, 372.
Benjamin, 563.
Jonathan, 67, 122-125, 157, 170,

361 » 599.
Mary, 133, 361.
Gen. Thomas, 190, 191.
Gale, Daniel, 104.
Maria A., 343.

Gale, Dr. Stephen M., 309.

Gall, Daniel, 526, 527.

Gallasban, Abraham, 32.

Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio

Railway Company, 284.
Gamewell Electric Fire Alarm System,

42.
Gardner, George, 149.

Joseph, 521.

Rol>ert, 517, 519, 520, 526.528.
Garrison, Abijah, 315.

Mrs. Fanny, 315.

William Lloyd, 3'S-3«7» 352. 399,
400.
Garrison, William Lloyd, Statue of,

399, 400.
Gas and Electric Company, Newbury-

port, 154.
Gates, Gen. Horatio, 95.
Gatt, Thomas, 518.
Gay, George E., 391.
General Bartlett (steamboat), 74, 75.
General Charitable society, 143, 410.
General court, 15, 17, 38, 190, 209,

278. 504f 570-577, 580.
George, Edward H., 417.

George J., 417, 605.

Joseph, 123, 601.

Moses, 97-99, 104.
George A. Chaffee (steam-tug), 80.
Georgetown, I). C, 329, 405.

Mass., 44, 473, 493, 494.
Germania orchestra of Boston, 182,

184.

Gerrish, Benjamin, 33.

Enoch, 52(5, 608, 609.

Serg. Franklin, 526.

Mrs. Harriet, 552.

Jacob, 88, 92, 223, 5S2, 563.

John, 526.

Joseph, 88,517.

Joseph G., 287, 606.

Mary, 358. 507.

Mary P., 127.

Moses (*• Fooney ''), 453.

Mrs. Ruth, 238, 552.

Col. Samuel, 86.

Stephen, 238,' 552.

William, 507.

Zilpha, 235, 238, 239, 308, ^92.
Gerrick, Mayo, 525.
Getchell, Emily A., 179.

Emily Adamr, 344.

Mrs. Hannah Rolfe, 344.

Hubbard, 344.

Serg. William, 524.
Ghost, 534536.
Gibraltar, 199, 200.

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Gibson, Mary 414.

Samuel, 516, 517, 519.
Giddings, Daniel, 250, 508.

James, 32.

Hon. Joshua R., 175.

Lydia, 92.

Sarah, 250, 251, 508, 509.
Gifford, Rev. Andrew, D. D., 497.
Gifts, 227, 236, 238.
Giles, Gaisford, 552.

Rev. John, 552.

Thomas, 97.
Gillett, Herbert E., 184.
Gilman, Aitbur, 600.

Capt. Jeremiah, 89.

Hon. John T., 294.

S. K., 125.

Whittineham, 601.
Gilroan, W. & J., 500.
Gilmoie, Blake & Ward, 407.
Glennie, Rev. J. D., 325.
Glide (steamboat), 73.
Glines, John, 524.
Globe (steamboat), 25.
Globe Steam Mills, 151, 169.
Gloucester, Mass., 25, 80, 195, 335,

460, 468, 494.
Godefroy, Cools, 349.

Nicholas G>ols, 349.
Godfrey, Hariiet, 347.
Goldsmith, Jeremiah, 97, 99.

Oliver, 174.
Goodale, Thomas, 97, 98.
Goodhue, James S., 516.
Goodrich, Oliver, no.
Goodridge, Maj. Elijah Putnam, 274,

276, 280.
Goodwin, Deacon, 449.

Ann, 310.

Charles II., 607-609.

Ephraim, 516, 525.

Lt. John, 526.

I^vi, 526.

Moses, 350.

Thomas, 527.

William W„ 64.
Gookin, Hannah, 200,. 216.
Gordon, Charles, 517, 521.

Robert, 519, 523.

Stephen, 527, 528.

Timothy, no, in.

William, 139.
Gorham, L(. Shuball, 88. '
Gorham, Me., 307.
Gospel, Society for the Propagation of

the, 548.
Gough, John B., 175, 325, 326.

Mrs. Mary B., 325.

Gough, Mrs. Mary E., 326.
Gould, Benjamin, 92, no, 112, 312,
553, 560.

Benjamin A., 413, 553.

Mrs, Giizzel, 553, 560.

Mrs. Grizcell Apthorp, 312.

Hannah F., 338, 501, 549, 553, 560,
561.

Hannah Flagg, 312, 313.

ITiomaa, 97, 99.
Governors, 190-192, 198, 267, 294,

387, 445. 464* 47>. 576. 577.

of Massachusetts, 471.

of New Hampshire, 294, 464.

of Vermont, 267.
Graham, John, 97, 99%
Grand Central Argentine Railway Com-
pany. 393-
Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Massa-
chusetts, 126.

of the United States, 126.
Grand Manan, Island nf, 354, 356.
Grand National Peace Jubilee, 182.
Grant, Frederick, 352.

Joel, 275.

Mrs. Lilla, 352, 353.

Ulysses S., 331,484.

Zilpah Polly, 275.
Grasshopper plain, 14.
Gravel hill, 431.
Graves, Mary P., 142.

True G., 527, 528.

Truel G., 527.

William, 72, 416, 604-606.
Gravestone inscriptions, 583-580.
Gravestones, 185, 240, 260, 338, 361.

558. 583-589.
Graveyards, 185, 314, 506.
Gray, Rev. Frederick T., 67.

John, 325, 415.

Katharine S., 415.

Lucia, 404.

Mrs. Sarah, 415.

William, 404.
Grazebrook, Margaret, 580.
Great Brftain, 136, 234, 272, 278, 368,

484. 576.
Greaton, Obed W., 612, 613.
Gredy, Maj .-gen. Adolphus Washing-
ton, 343.

Ens. Benjamin, 523.

Mrs. Frances Cobb, 343.

Mrs. Henrietta Crager Hudson, 313.

John Augustus, 607.

John Balch, 343.

Lucius H., 251.

Nathaniel, 520, 523, 604.

Mrs. Sarah, 579.

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Green, Anna Wioslow, 564.
E. Dtvis, 501.
John, 518, 523.
Mrs. Sarah, 408.
Sarah A., 144.
Sarah Ann, 408.
Silas, 408.
Serg. Thomas, 94.
Greene, Major-gfneral, 91.

Katherine, 369.
Green, l*he, 538.
Lower, 13, 14.
Green street, 14, 31, 53-55, 65, 102,
Ii4f 122, 123, 129, 138, 157,
158, 194, 195, 227, 246, 262,
265, 302, 347, 361, 382, 387,
419, 420, 442, 468, 473» 474.

533i 551.
Greenland, Dr. Henry, 288.
Greenland, N. II., 246, 438, 451.
Greenlaw, Captain. 18.
Greenleaf, Abel, 361, 598.

Mrs. Abigail, 211.

Albert W., 141, 384.

Ann, 360-362.

Benjamin, 101, 146, 211, 262, 284,

^ «?5, 553i 597. 59«.

Catherine, 210.

Capt. Charle?, 521.

Daniel, 207.

Mrs. Dorothy, 210.

Ebenezer, 211, 597.

ElisaUth, 262, 285, 553, 591.

Enoch, 210.

Mrs. Fraisalette Cutler, 553.

George, 31, 521, 591.

Hannah, 210, 311, 362.

Henry, 97.

Jane, 211, 212.

John, 35, 60, 61, 147, 160, 161,

284, 382. 5«>» 5S3» 599-
Jonathan* 2\>7-2io. 234, 242, 302,

3".49»-
Joshua, 122-124, 600.
Mrs. Lucy, 285.
Mrs. Lydia, 210, pi I.
Mrs. Mavcif, 210.
Martha, 241.

Mrs. Mary, 207, 210, 242.
Mrs. Mary S., 591.
Mayo, 93.

Moses, 90, 93. 9** 99> 210, 311.
Richard, 210.
Samuel, 99, 597.
Sarah, 207, 21c, 242, 284.
Simon, 210, 311.
Thomas, 99.
Greenleafs lane, 201.

Greenleaf street, 139, 450.
Greenough, John, 30.

Jonathan, 105.

Norman C.y 605.

William, 121.
Greenwood, Capt. Miles, 563.

Sarah Miles, 513.
Gregg, CapUin, 534.
Gregory, John, 543.

Mrs. Lucy, 543.
Gridley, Jeremy, esq., 119.
Griffin, Eliphalet, 91, 94, I4r, 142.

Jacob, 516, 518, 519, 524, 526-528.

LaroyF., 391.

Serg. Robert, 516.
Griffith, Eliphalet, 97, 98.
Grind, Joseph, 525.
Grist mills at Pine island, 562.
Grosrenor, Edwin Augustus, 343.

Dr. E. P., 309.

Dr. Edwin Prescott, 343.

Mrs. llaniet, 343.
Groton, Mass., 302, 557.
Grout, Doctor, 463.
Groveland, Mass., 493, 494* 5<»-
Guadaloupe, Island of, 212, 214, 226,

297-
Guayaf|uil, 392, 393.
Guernsey, Island of, 210.
Giiiney, Joseph, 497.
Gun-house, 113-116.
Gunnison, Benjamin, 134.

Ebenexer, 31, 600.
Guppj & Armstrong, 147.
Gurney, Orrin J., to8, 6io«
Gwynn, Anthony, 234.

Mary, 233, 234.

HACKETT, Mrs. Betsey, 298.
Mrs. Elizabeth, 298.

John, 298, 531.

Dr. Phillips White, 298-300.

Sarah Ann, 298.

William, 531.
Haines, Ebenezer, 104.
Hale, Mrs., 305.

Mrs. Alice, 304.

Anne Gardner, 334.

Benjamin, 67, 161, 167, 608.

Benjamin W., 162.

Charles W., 604.

David, 44, 105, 154, i^.

Ebenezer, 31, 43i 5^, S^, 304.

Edward A., 610.

Elizabeth, 288, 289.

Enoch, 112, 215.

Dr. Frank A., 44, 309.

Frank W., 287, 609.

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Hale, George E., 29, 67.

Isaac, 154, 604,605.

Jacob, 334.

Hon. John P., 17$.

Joseph W., 63, 409.

Jotbua, 43, 58. 416, 418.

Josiah L., 43» 4<6-

Mn. Julia Ann, 409.

Julia Maria, 409.

Lydia B., 67.

Margaret Cuiron, 359.

Mrs. Mary Jane, 334.

Motes, $32.

Motes E., 416.

Motes L., 43.

Nathan, 32, 288, 289.

Samuel, 31, 162, 163,

Sarah, 288, 385.

Mrs. Sarah White, 56, 58, 144, 304,
305, 416.

Thomas, 43, 288, 304.
Hale*s court, 125, 145.
Halifax, 225.
Hall, Charles, $17, 52$.

Dr. Charles F. A., 310.

Mrs. Elixahelh, 241.

Hannah, 233.

Isaac, 233, 241.

Joseph, 6o3.

Mary, 226.

Sarah, 346.

'Ilioinas, 523.

William, 518, 523, 526.
Halliday, John, 88.
Hallowell, Me., 286, 29$, 473.
Ham, Joseph, $18.

Thomas, 31.
Hamblett, Horace, 605.
Hamilton, Alexander, 422
Wooden statue of, 422.

Charlotte, 371.

James, 104.

Mary Ann, 321.

Dr. Robert D., 310.

Thomas A., 55.
Hamilton, Ma»s., 108, 468, 494.
Hammond, Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 21$.

Elizabeth, 414.

Capt. William. 21$.
Hampstead, N. H., 298, 38$, 386, 430.
Hampton, N. H., 54, 213, 216, 291,

439. 565* 578.
^* Hampton lieach,'* 501.
Hampton Falls, N. IL, 220, 347, 375.
Hancock, John, 419,

Wooden statue of, 422.
Hancock (United Stales frigite), 205.
209.

Hannah Stone (schooner), 34.
Hannibal (ship), 221.
Hanniford, William, 97, 98.
Hanson, Mrs. Delia Walker, 56$.

Richard M., 565.
Harbut, Joseph, 97, 99.
Harding, Chester, 370.

William, 97, 99-
Harding, Dudley, 518.

Israel, 94.
Harlem Heights, N. Y., 9V> 93.
Harmony Encampment of Anaesboiy,

Mass., I. O. O. F., 137.
Hannony Grove cemetery, Salem, 407.

Harpy rbrig), 534. _
Harpy (privateer), 66, 349.
Harris, Abigail, 109.

Benjamin, 191, 194, I97« 30i, 203.

Bethiah, 280, $$•>.

Edward, 108, 109, 323.

Elizabeth, 30i.

Harriet, 468.

Rev. Henry, 30i, 302.

John, 97, 98.

Jonathan, 11 1.

Mrs. Lucy, 30i, 303.

Mary, 189, 191. 194, 197. 30i, 545.

Mehitoble, 476, 477.

Rachel, 563.

Ro1>ert, 476.
Harris street, 65, 66, 145, 174, 194,
197, 2UI, 227, 246, 250, 350,

474.

Meeting-house on, 41.
Harrisburg, Pa., Capitol at, 351.
Harrison street, 42.
Harrod, Elizabeth, 313.
Hart, Eliza A., 137.

Robert E., 613.
Hartford, Conn., 239i 317, 318, 330,

331, 335. 501.
Harvard, Mass., 60.
Harvard college, 64, 92, 191, 193, 195,
200, 214, 320, 227, 332, 339,
245, 254, 356, 357, 361, 36a,
264-271, 274, 277, 279, 281, 282,
284, 286, 391-393, 295, 397, 301,
303, 305, 306, 310, 313, 331,
335. 382. 395. 396, 403. 4<H»
406, 409, 440, 441. 4S1. 485,
513, 513, 553, 563, 578.
Law school, 279, 311, 312, 485.
Medical school, 310.
I larwood, Emily, 63.
Haseltine, William, 69.
Haskell, Andrew L., 417-
Caleb, 89,111, 353.
Caleb Niles, 502.

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Hatkdl, Gcero, 103, 104.

Dmvid, 52$.

Enoch, $25.

Mrs. Fanny Matilda, 353.

George, 415.

Mrs. Harriet, 415.

H. B., 517.

Hiram Belts, 353.

Jacob, 175, 177.

Joseph, 523.

Nathan, 103.

Nehemiah, 60, 112, 599.

Solomon, 415.
Hastings, William, 517, 523.
Haunted schoolhouse, 534-536.
Havana, Culm, 92, 225, 463, 531.
Haverhill, Mass., 69-76, 79, 80, 81,
90, 129, 227, 303, 371, 386. 408,
462, 468, 471, 494, 534, 550,

557. 590.
Haverhill Express Company, 78.
Haverhill Library catalogue, 497.
Haverhill, Newburyport and Boston

Steamboat Company, 81.
Haverhill Steamboat Express Compa-
ny. 74.
Havers, John, 518.
Haverty, Captain, 76, 81.
Hawke8woo<l, 346.
Hay, Elizal>elh, 414.

Capt. John, 57, 258, 260.

Mra. Katharine, 57, 258-260.
Hayes, Mrs. Abigail, 407.

Daniel, 407.

Mabel L., 391.

Sarah Ann, 407.
Haynes, Capt. Aaron, 89.
Hay scales, 37, 386.
Hayward, Mrs. Kathrine H., 232.
Hazel Dell (steam-tug), 79.
Hazeltine, Hannah, 253.
Head, Charles, 556.

Mrs. Sarah, 556.
Head & Amory, 243, 244.
Healey, Dr. James J., 309.

Jere, 611.

Sarah, 579.

Dr. Thomas K., 310.
Health Insurance Company, 163.
Heath, Charles, 368.
Heckline, Sarah, 564.
Helen (ship), 325.
Hemphill, Cust, 97, 99,

David, 97.
Hen and chickens of Antonio Knight,

444.

Hendee, , 501.

Henly, Colonel,' 99.

Henry, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, 321.

John Snowden, 321.

Sarah, 321.
Henshall, Lt.-col. William, 91.
Herald (steamboat), 70.
Herbert, Charles, ill, 229.

Mrs. Jane, 229.

John, 229.

Mrs. Molly, 229.
Hercules (iron collier), 78.
Hercules (ship), 215.
Herlihv, Timothy S., 287.
Herrick, Peter, 156.
Herrington, Patrick, 88.
Hervey, Davis, 525.

Joseph B., 417.

William, 68.
Hesper (ship), 253.
Heywood, Capt. Samuel, 596.
Hibemia (schooner), 222, 223.
Hicks, William W., 180.
Hidden, John, 52, 53.
Higgins, Captain, 23.
Higginson, Sarah, 261, 268, 269.

Stephen, 261, 268.

Thomas Went worth, 299, 334, 501.
High school, 336, 392.

Newton, Mass., 391.
High street, 1315, 31, 37, 56-58, 60-
65, 112, 128, 133, 138, 140, 145.
«55» >74. I79» 199' ^03, 218-221,
223, 224, 230, 238, 246, 251,
252, 254, 257, 261, 289, 301,
304. 308, 3091 328, 33^ 339.
348, 35'. 382» 384, 386, 3871
399-401, 405, 406, 409. 411. 420,
428.430, 437, 447, 45«. 457.4^.
476, 477. 482. 503. 5561 564*
566, 568, 570.
Hill, George B., 371.

George W., 176.

Joseph, 573, 574.

Lucy E. R., 63.

Sir Rowland, 370.
Hilliard, Rev. Timothy, 496.
Hills, Mrs. Anne, 504.

Elizabeth, 359.

Mrs. Eleanor, 504.

Mrs. Hannah, 504.

Mrs. Helen, 504.

Dr. John M., 223.

Joseph, 504, 572.

Joshua, 127, 524.

I^urm Coombs, 358, 359.

Mrs. Lvdia, 127.

Mrs. Mary, 358.

Mrs. Mary P., 127.

Nathaniel, 223, 287, 361.

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I lillt, Philip K., 176,604.

Philip Knapp, 126, 127, 358.

Mrs. Rom, 504.
Hinckley, Judge, 272.

William, 578.
Hingham, Matt., 92.
Historical Society of Old Newbur)*,

178.
History of *' Newburyport in the Civil

War," 345.
Hobert, Thos., 523.
Hoboken, N. J., 332.
Hobson, Jeremiah, 95.

Motet, 05.
Hodge, Abigail, 397.

Mrs. Betsey Hayward, 275.

Chailes, 29, 525.

iames, 30.
'«qr, 559.

Mrs. Mary, 271C.

Michael, 29, 89, 91, 112, 113, 119,
"47. 155. "64, 274. 287, 49«,
499» 59».

Nathaniel, 517, 522.

Mrs. Sarah, 274.

Serg. S. S., 52a
Hodgkios, Francis, 33.

Jacob, no.

James, 104.

Lt. Joseph, 88, 92.
Ilolbrook, Ellen M., 254.

1 1 olden, , 74.

lloldemess, N. H., 19$.
Holland, Stephen, 135, 600.
Holland, 229, 234, 247-249, 253, 356,

357. 53«. 571.
Holliday, John, 123.

Thomas, 90, 94, 97, 98.
Hollis, N. H.,302.
llollis Street Congregational church,

Boston, 279.
Holmes, Olifcr Wendell, 175.
I lolt, David, 104.

Nicholas, 56.
Holton, Albert, 239.

Mrs. Margaret Brierly, 239.
Holyoke, Dr., 297, 301.
Home for Aged Women, 139, 140.
Home for Aged Men, 413.
Homer, Dr. John, 309.
Homoepathic hospital, 401.
Honeywell, Richard, 97.
Hookas rock, 529.
}!ook and Ladder company, 39, 42.
Hooker, Serg. Richard, 523.

William, 31, 377, 379. 590.
Hooker & Fairman, 379.
Hooks, Fire, 33, 36, 37.

Hoole, John, 379.
Hooper, *' King,*' 189.

Madam, 438, 439.

Mrs. Abigail, 192.

Alice, 189, 191, 193, 195, 196, 277,
396.

Amelia Whittemore, 197.

Mrs. Anna, 191.

Benjamin Harris, 194, 197.

Elizabeth, 194.

Elisabeth Harris, 194, 197, 545.

Mrs. Frances, 544.

Greenfield, 191.

Hannah, 191.

Harriet, 194, 197, 468-470.

Henrietta Tracy, 197.

Jane, 438.

John Whittemore, 197.

Joseph, 189.191, 194, 195.197. 198.
201, 3". 545-

Lucy, 197, 322, 323.

Mrs. Mary, 189, 191, 192, 194, 197,
201, 545.

Mary Harris, 197.

Mrs. Rachel, 322.

Rebeckah, 189, 191, 196.

Robert, 189-194, 196, 214.

Robett C, 193.

Ruth, 189, 191, 194, 196, 197, 214.

Samuel, 191, 192.

Mrs. Sarah, 189, 191, 193, 277.

Stephen, 119, 120, 135, 136, 189,

"9". 193. «94. a77. V^. 492.

Mrs. Susan Coflfin, 194, 278.

Swett, 191.

Thomas, 91, 99.

Thomas W., 227, 468, 470.

Thomas Woodbridge, 194, 544.

William Woart, 197.
Hopkins, John, 340.

Mrs. Louisa Persons, 339, 340.

Thomas, 96.
Hopkinton, Mass., 277, 550.
Horton, Daniel, 599.

Jacob, 163, 601.

i»«n«». "67. I7t. 38a. 5««.
f rs. Mary Evadne, 382.
Mrs. Nancy, 382, 416.
Nathaniel, 601-603.
Obadiah, 31, 32.
Rev. William, 137, 382, 383.
Horton street, 42.
Hose carriages, 42, 43.
Hosiery Company, Newburyport, 147,

148.
Hospital, Anna Jaques, 144, 334.
Hospital Life Insurance Company,
397.

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Hospitals, 144, 238, 293, 295, 310,

334. 397.
Houghton, Osgood & Co., 346.
House, Dexter, 351.

Stone, 346.

Tracy, 176.
House o( representadves, 478, 482.
Houston, Hon. Sam, 175.

William F., 384, 537, 609, 612,613.
Hoirey, Rev. Horace C., 135, 348.
Howard, Benjamin, 32, 319.

Caroline, 319.

Mrs. Harriet, 319.

Nathaniel, 32, 1 10, 520.

Rogers., 175, 387.

Stephen, 67, 68, 122, 125, 157,170,
600.

William, 525.
Howard Benevolent society, Newbury-
port, 136, 137, 139, 384, 410,

413.
Howe, Famham, no, in.

Francis A., 44, 45, 144, 309, 609.

Isabella H., 391.

Mrs. Mary McKinstiy, 63.
Hoyt, Mr., 35.

Alvah, 610.

David W., 389.

Elbridge G., 415.

Elizabeth, 62.

John, 520, 522.

Corp. Jon, 94.

Joseph, 31, 62, 63, 293.

Margaret F., 415.

Mrs. Mary, 415.

Mary Jane, 334.

Mrs. Mehitable, 430.

Moses, 526, 599.

Samuel, 31, 525.

Sarah, 226.

William, 62-64.
Hudson, Henry, 155, 156, 521, 599.

James, 529.

John R., 31, 136.

Huggins, , 454.

Hughes, Alice, 234.

I^. Samuel, 92.

Samuel J., 612.
Hull, lohn, 574.

William, 520.
Humane society, Merrimack, 130.
Humphries, William T., 180. .
Hunnewell, Daniel, 31.

Richard, 90, 98.
Hunniford, William, 96.
Hunt, Albert F., 613.

Anne, 580.

Mrs. Betiey» 564.

Hunt, Serg. Charles, 523.

Elias, 564.

Lcifh, 358.

Nathaniel, 33, 104.

Capt. William I., 20.
Huntington, Asahel, 549.

Lady Selina, 448, 451.

William, no.
Iluntoon, Jonathan, 100.
Huntress, George, 96-98.
Hurd, Dr. Edward P., 178, 309.

D. Hamilton, 328, 331.

Nathaniel W., 604.

Dr. Randolph C, 310.
Huse, Arthur L., 24.

John, 71, 518, $21, 602.

Joseph, 598.

Mrs. Mary S., 591.

Ralph C, 604, 60$.

Samuel, 246, 563. .

Sarah, 241.

Thomas, 287, 603, 611.

William H., 177, 328, 502, 605,
606, 609.
.Huse & Bragdon, 501, 502.
Huse, William 11., & Co., 182.
Husey, John, 88.
Hutchings, George, 20.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 192.
Hutchinson & Crosby, 326.

ICE, 533.

A Ilsley, Isaiah, no, 112.

Stephen, 178, 493.

Wade, 527.

WilKam, 131.
Ilsley house, 128. .
Immanuel church, 317.
Independence (privateer), 29, 507.
Independence, American, 117.
Independent street, 151, 152.
India wharf, Boston, 398, 512.
Indian hill, 329, 330.

farm, 466.
Indians, loi, 215, 362.

Eastern, loi.
"Infuriated Despondency,^' 372-375.
Ingalls, Rebecca, 283.

Ruth, 399.
Ingersol, Dorothy, 210.

Joseph, 128.
Inn street, 149, 236, 591.
Inness, George, 355.
Innholders, 351, 454, 455, 5n.
Insane asylum, 445.
Insane, Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal for the, i^t.
Inscription on beU, 130.

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IiMcription on obelisk, 450.

on tankard, 243, 344.
IntcripUoni, 19, i$o, 199, 202, aio,
219, 237, 243, 244,260,285,288,

290, 428, 450» 464t 5«»» 5>3-
on gravestones, 199, 202, 210, 219,

428, 464, 583589.
Institution for Savings in Newbnryport
and its Vicinity, 127, 169, 252,

413* 4>7i 474.
Insurance, 155.
companies, 156-163, 304.
onderwriter, 473.
Insurance Company, Newburyport Ma-
rine, 156.
International Exchange, 465, 466.

Uw,484.
International Power Company, 42.
Intrepid (ship), 250.
Inventors, 360, 368-371.
Ipswich, Mass., 14, 24, 80, 81, 92,
129, 227, 250, 260, 288, 360, 407,
415. 439, 440, 445. 447i468, 493-
495. 497. 498, 508, 555, 556. 577,
578. 581, 582.
court, 580, 581.
lighthouse, 23, 27.
river, 16.
Ireland, Bejnamin P., 611.613.

Shadrach, 88.
Ireland, 202, 216, 218, 407, 445, 463,
496, 576.
Bank of, 368.
Coast of, 357.
Inrington, N. Y., 268.
Isabella (schooner), 205, 206.
Isle of Sable, 379.
Isles of Shoals, 69, 80, 8 r, 547, 548.

JACKMAN, Charles H., 179.
George W., jr., 604-607.
Joseph, 274.
Richard, 93.
Samuel, 527, 528.
Stephen, jr., 70.
Jackson, A^iraham, 29, 65.
Mrs. Amelia, 403, 404.
Andrew, 274,317.44a.
Charles, 48, 116, 125, 164, 269,

401.404.
Mrs. Doruthy, 220.
Edward, 220.
Mrs. Frances, 404.
llnnnah, 244, 245, 269, 403, 463.
Hrnry, 244, 5 1 8, 523.
James, 105, 221, 245, 404.
Jonathan, 89, 97, 99, 220, 221, 227,

244, 245, 269, 403,433, 467, 49".

Jackson, Michael, 92.
Nathaniel, 601.
Patrick Tracy, 244, 245.
Pomp, 97, 99.
Mrs. Sarah, 220.

iackson. Dr. James, Memoirs of, 221.
ackson, Tracy & Tracy, 220, 228.
Jackson's wharf, 68.
Jackson, Me., 264.

Iacksonville, Fbu, 76.
acoby, Joseph L., 612.
ail, Newbu^port, 276.
amaica, L. I., 266;
amaica Plain, Mass., 317, 551.
James, Charles T., 151.

Mrs. EKsabetb, 456.
James (ship), 56.
James Steam Mills, 68, 151.
Jamson, Jno., 96.
Jaques, Anna, 137, 144.

Deborah, 505-507.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 505.

Joseph, 112.

Parker, 112.

Richard, 505.
Janris, Charles, 91, 94, 97, 98.
Jefferson, Thomas, 230, 292^ 422.
Jenkins, Ann, 267, 544.

Mrs. Betsey, 235.

Elisabeth, 133, 212, 540.

Frances, 203, 212, 544.

George, 235, 600.

Henrietta, 540.

Joseph Marion, 196.

Lewis, 189. 192, 196, 197.

Lydia Ann, 540.

Mary, 540.

Mary Dalton, 197.

Mary Jane, 540.

Mrs. Michal, 212, 213.

Mrs. Rebeckah, 189, 192, 196.

Rebecca Hooper, 196.

Robert, 161, 167, 212, 213, 471,
540,

Robert Dalton, 196.

Mrs. Ruth, 196, 197.

Sarah, 212, 540.

Lt. Stephen, 92.

William, 262.
Jennison, William, jr., 517.
Jerusalem, 478, 480, 512, 513.
Jeltien, 79. 80.
Jetty (steam-tug), 80.
Jewett, Mr., 582.

Paul, 496.
John E. Sanford (schooner), 24.
Johnson, Abel, 521, 554.

Abigail, 241. «

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Johnson, Andrew, 328.
Mn. Anne, 244.
Benjamin, 15.
Benjamin G., 520.
Cathaiine, 242.
Charles F., 145, 310.
Charles W., 610, 611.
Gara A., 244.
Daniel, 33, 473.
Mrs. Dolly, 242.
Eleazer, 31, in, 117, 122, 123, 161,

167, 241-243, 306, 511, 521, 590,

600.
Elizabeth, 215, 241-243, 253, 306.
Mrs. Fanny, 242, 306.
Rev. George D., 536.
Serg. Green, 525.
Hannah, 242, 408.
Mrs. Hannah K., 361, 362.
Hannah Kenny, 471, 473.
Harrison, 420.

Harrison G., 287, 362, 473, 607.
Harrison Gray Otis, 362.
Mrs. Henrietta, 242.
Henry, 161, 167, 215, 553, 554,

601-603.
Isaac, 32, 103, 208, 209, 241.
Jane, 242.
John Bayley, 242.
Dr. Jonathan, 309.
Serg. Jonathan G., 521.
Jonathan Greenleaf, 242, 306.

Joseph, 20, 58, 241, 242.
^ydia, 210, 211, 241.
Martha, 210, 241, 242.
Mary, 241, 242, 275, 360, 553, 554.
Mrs. Mary Anthony, 215.
Mary Perkins, 591.
Mrs. Miriam, 244.
Moses, 241.
Nathaniel, 95.

Nicholas, 29, 48, 129, 147, 157, 164,
241, 242, 253, 275, 360, 361, 553,
554» 592-595» 599. 600.
Philip, 43, no, n7, 151, 161, 242-

244, 521. 603.
Richard, 590.
Samuel O., 471.
Sarah, 210, 241, 242, 244, 306.
Thomas, 241, 520.
William, 33, 210, 234, 241, 242.
WUliam A., 608.
William P., 29,31, »57, S^i. 598i

599.
William Pierce, 210, 242, 243, 306.
William R., mi, 609.

Johnson street, 62, 63.
ohnston, Mrs. Abigail, 109.

Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, 109.

Dr. John, 109.

Col. William Preston, 109.
Johnstone, Hepsibah, 326.
Jones, Anthony S., 533.

Catherine, 226, 545.

David, 234.

Ephraim, 468.

Hannah, 137.

Hannah H., 142.

Capt John, 262.

John Paul, 229, 506, 507, 512, 531.

Mrs. Maftha, 262.

Nathaniel N., 92, 225, 287.

Sarah, 266, 468.
Josie M. (steamboat), 81.

KAMES, 13.
Kasan, University of, 341.
Kavan, James, 103.
Keene, N. H., 339.
Keese, John, 323.
Kelby, John, 583.
Kelleher, John J., 613.
Keller, 182, 183.
Kelley (Kelly) :

Charles P., 612, 613.

Elbridge G., 430, 431, 606.

John, 583.
Kelly schoolhousc, 230, 257, 447, 568.
Kemp, Amos, 105.
Kennebunk, Me., 23.
Kennebunkport, Me., 79.
Kenney, Jonn, 90.
Kenniston, Jonathan, 608.

Laban, 276.

Levi, 276.
Kent, Benjamin, 516, 525.

Elizabeth, 288.

Mrs. Hannah, 200.

Henry, 527.

Mariner, 35.

Mary, 266, 468.

Moses, 37, 88, 92.

Richard, 32, 200.

Sarah, 200, 201, 267.

Stephen, 97, 98.
Kent street, 31, 37, 64, .153, 257, «96»

298. 336. 446.
Keough, Robert F., 81.
Kervins, James, 104.
Kettle, James, 234.
Kettle hole, 14.
Kilborn, Constable, 46.

George, jr., 525.

Jedediah, 526.

Corp. John, 90.

Robert, 526.

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Kilbam, Doctor, 263.

Daniel, 301, 302.

Elixabeth D., 398.

Mrs. Hannah, 301.

leremiah, 398.
Killingworth, Conn., 578.
Kilpatrick, Oiptain, 22.
Kimball, Betsey, 334, 410.

Caleb, 93, no, 563.

John, 251.

Mn. Lucy, 131.

Marcia D., 389.

Moody, 494, 610, 611.

Moses, 169, 173, 516.

Sumner I., 22.

WillUm, 147. 524.
KimbalPs island, 75.
King. Mrs. Isabella, 266.

John, 98.

Richard, 266, 467.

Kufus, 119, 262, 266, 422, 467.
Wooden statue of, 422.

Mrs. Sibl)ella, 467.

Thomas Starr, 175.
King Cyrus Chapter of Royal Arch

Masons, 124.
King*s privy council, 570..
King street, 208, 223, 234, 396, 495.
King wharf, 208.
Kingman, Exra, 311.

Ilannah, 311.

Mrs. Susanna, 311.
Kinney, Abijah, 98.

John, 97.
Kinsman, Dr. Aaron, 282.

Oara, 63.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 282.

Henry W., 63, 287, 493.

Ilenry Willis, 282.

Louisa II., 63.

Mrs. Martha Frothingham, 282.

Mary McKinstry, 63.

Mrs. Nancy, 282.
Kitson, Ilenry Hudson, 401.

Mrs. Theo Alice, 401.
Kittell, James, 156.
Kittery, Me., 284.
Kitty Boynton (steamboat), 75.
Kloot, William, 519, 520, 522, 526.
Knapp, Captain, 124.

Anthony, iii, 601,

Cynthia, 63.

Elizabeth, 370.

Isaac, 28,30, 93, 111,275.

Jacob, 525.

Capt. James O., 503, 615.

Joseph, 168, 518, 520, 522.

Mrs. Lydia, 211.

Knapp, Mrs. Mary Ann, 275.

Nathaniel, 28, 30, 124, 135, 147-

Samnd, 516.

Samuel L., 136.

Samnel Lorenzo, 275. .

Mrs. Susanna, 275.

William, 90, 112, 211, 2$o.
Knight, Amos* 33, $26.

Mrs. Ann, 310, 56$.

Anne, 155.

Anne C, 139.

Antonio, 439 44S. 5«>. 555-

Benjamin, 33, 211

Charles, 565.

Serg. Daniel, 93.

EbenC, 179, 611.

Edmund, 562.

EUzabcth, 439, 440, 445, 505.

Frederick, 310, 439-441.

Dr. Frederick Irving, 310, 616.

Hale, 37.

I lannah W., 44$.

Henry Cogswell, 439-44V-

iacob, 607.
ames, 112.
ohn, 91, 94, 97, 98, 298.
oseph, 156, 439, 440, 555.
Mrs. Louisa ArmisCead, 310.
Lwcy, 543.
Mrs. Martha, 211.
Mrs. Mary, 439, 555.
Rebecca, 591.
Sarah, 511.
Winchester, 516.
Knight Templars, 124, 125, 294.
Grand Encampment of MaKacba-

setts and Rhode Island, 12$.
Newburyport Commandery of, 124.
Knobb*8 beach, 21, 25.

Life-saving station, 21.
Krell, Mrs. Maria Augusta, 140.

LABENTA, Andrew, 103.
Lacaillade, Dr. James O., 310.
Lacon (schooner), 22.
Ladd, Nathaniel, 1 10.
Persis Matilda, 328.
Thomas, 518.
Ladies* Bethel societv, 142, 143.
Ladies General Charitable sodetj,

384.
Lady Franklin Bay expedition, 343,344.
LaFayette, General, 58, 114, 117, 247,
272, 277, 416, 462, 531.
Reception of, 247,
Laird, Robert, Brewery of, 533.
Lake, David, 525.
Sarah, 385.

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Lake ChampUio, 95.

George, 95, 499.

Ontario, 211.
Lamb, Charles, 336, 338.
Lambard, Charlotte Loaisa, 2$8.
Lambert, Jonathan, 1 10.

WiUiam, 89.
Lambinet, Emile, 354.
Lamson, Caleb, 92, 287.
Lancaster, Mass., 311, 560.
Landais, Capt. Pierre, 531.
Lander, Emma, 179.
Landlord, Hiram H., 613.
Lane, Benjamin L, 171.

Fraisalette Cutler, 553.

Capt. Francis, 553.

Isaac W., 180.

Richard J., 370.
Lanes, 14, 15, 31, 63.
Lang, Annie Moseley, 304.

Harriet, 319.
Lascomb, Mn. Betty, 211, 233, 238,

Mary, 234.

Robert, 211, 233, 234, 293.
Laskey, Jas., 526.

Joseph, 518, 519, 522.
Latin classics, 455.

grammar school, 311.

high school, 407.
Lattimore, Nicholas, 525.
Laughton, Elizabeth, 202, 203.

Joseph, 203.
Launchings, 70, 73, 293, $94-
Laura Marion (steamboat), 25*
Lawrence, Mass., 41, 71, 75, 76, 80,

271, 281, 480, 550, 552.
Lawrence (steamboat), 70-72, 81.
Laws, Codification of, 571, 572.

of colony, 504.

Revision of, 573-576.
Lawson, Mrs. Catherine, 352.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 352.

Mrs. Frances, 352.

Frances Ellen, 352.

LiM». 352. 353-

Thomas B., 476.

Thomas Bayley, 352, 353.

Walter U., 352.

William, 352, 525.

Lawyers, 61, 92, 135, 163, 2^5-287,

311, 322, 327, 400, 401, 403, 404t

430, 434, 440, 44«, 461, 463,467»

468, 476, 477. 480,481, 485, 513,

555, 558, 559.
ch, r

Leach, Captain, 19.
Leader (brig), 252.
Leathers, Joseph, 262, 263.

Leathers, Mrs. Martha, 262, 263, 301.

Sarah, 263.
Leavitt, Mrs. Hannah, 375.

Thomas, 375.
Le Breton, Anthony, 214.

Caroline Lewis, 215.

Edmund L., 149.

Edmund Lewis, 215.

Edward L., 174.

Eliza, 215.

Elizabeth, 215, 556.

George Washington, 215.

Mrs. Lucy O., 215.

Mrs. Mary, 214.

Mary Anthony, 215.

Peter, 29, 147, 170, 214, 215, 307.

Mrs. Sarah Allen, 215.

Stephen, 214, 215.

Mn. Tabitba, 215.
Lechford, Thomas, 255, 256.
Uctures, 174, 175, 177, «78» ^77,

318, 326, 3«8, 340, 415, 556.
Lee, Amelia, 403, 404.

George Gardner, 292.

Mrs. Hannah Farnham, 292.

John, 147.

Joseph, 195, 403.
Leicester, Mass., 463.
Leigh, Robert, 516.
Leighton, Mis. Caroline Gushing, 338.

Ruffus, 338.
Lennon, Elizabeth, 352.
Leonard, Mrs. Charlotte, 232.

Evelyn, 212.

George W., 232.

Mrs. Lydia, 296.

Mrs. Susanna, 296.

Dr. William Bouchier, 295-297.
Leonidas Fire society, 31, 32.
Leopard (iron collier), 78.
Lesley, Edward S., 151, 153, 171.
Letters, 86, 106, 107, 222, 247, 251,
263, 346, 432, 440, 469, 481, 592,
594, 595-

of marque, 222, 247, 251.
British, 247.

off Geoige Washington, 106, 107.
Leverett, Capt. John, 574.
Levesque, Rev.^. L. M., 235.
Levy, Samson, 606.
Lewis, Alonzo, 501.

Harriet, 344.

James D., 611.

Joseph S., 376.

Tabitha, 215.

William, 94, 97.
Uwi8,J. W.,&Co., 328.
Lewiiton (steamboat), 8i.

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LejdogtOD, Man., 130, 243, 399.

Va., 109.
Lexington, Batile of, 86, 361.
Libbey, John, 1 10.

Theodore, 516.
Liberator, The, 317.
Ubeitjr street, 35, 174, 214, 336, 566.
Libraries, 131, 172, 173, 175180,

293. 334. 465. 466, 497.
Library, Haverhill, Catalogue of, 497.

Newburyport Athemeum, 172,173.

Public, 131, 334.
**Life in a New England Town," 265,

301.
Life saving stations, 17, 21, 23-26.
Lighthouse, Ipswich, 23, 27.

Plum island, 23.
Lighthouse point, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25.
Lighthouses on Plum island, 16, 17,

23. 27. 564-
Lime street, 35, 52, 133, 211, 212,
223, 224,251, 348, 381, 392, 450.
451, 564.
Lincoln, George C, 389.

Leontine, 152.
Lindsey, James, 94.

John, ^.

5>usanna, 296.
IJnnean Society, Newbury port, 173.
Litchfield, Conn., 278, 279, 440.
Lithoid Manufacturing Co., 44.
Ultle, Mr., 458, 459.

Dr. Abby Noyes, 310.

Mrs. Abigail, 88.

Alice, 304.

Amos, 112,

Ebenezer, 597.

Edward, 270, 280, 287, 471, 499,
600.

Edward H., 169, 372, 432.

Mrs. Elisabeth, 295.

Lt. George, 527.

Hannah, 40$.

Henry B., 81, 131, 167.

Mrs. Henry B., 208.

Henry W., 615.

Jacob, 417.

Mrs. lane, 295.

Joseph, 100.

Joshua, III, 167.

Josiah, 176, 270, 402-404, 416,471,

493.
Mary, 213, 214, 467.
Michael, xii, 537.
Moses, 87, 88, 91, 92, 11 1, 264, 295,

361, 399. 5". 598.
Nathaniel, 112.
Richard, 264, 29$.

Little, Mrs. Sarah, 270, 402.

Mrs. Sophronia, 402, 403.

Tristram, 213.

William, 178, 179.
Little, Edward, & Co., 379.
Little, Moses, Residence of, 87, 88.
Uttle FaUs, N. Y., 317.
Little river, 14.
Utile Rock, Ark., 321, 322.
Littlefieki, Ens. William, 92.
Livermore, Ann Grace, 476.

Arthur Brown, 476.

Edward St. Loe, 61, 62,67, 68, 2Ct,
262, 271, 287, 404. 476, 477» 480.

Elizabeth Brown, 476.

George Williamson, 476.

Grace Ann, 476.

Harriet, 477, 480.

Mrs. Jane, 271, 476.

Mrs. Mehitable, 476, 477.

Samuel, 271, 476.

Mrs. Sarah C!reene, 476.

William Stackpole, 476.
Uvesey, Rev. R., 229.
' Livingston, Alexander, 526.
Lizzie H. Haskell (schooner), 23.
Lloyd, Fanny, 315.
Lock*s hotel, 405.
Locks and canals on Merrimack river,

245.
Logan, Hon. Alexander, 331.
Lombard, Allen, 232.

Charles, 23a.

CharioCle, 232.

Sibyl,. 232.
Lombard (schooner), 17.
London, Eng., 32, 256, 295,310,325,
35i» 350. 359, 368, 37a, 393.406,
407, 417, 446,448, 461, 465, 495-
Londonderry, N. H., 195, 436, 463.
Long, Mrs. Anna Matilda, 451.

Caroline, 550.

Charles, 31.

Rev. Joseph Augustus Edwin, 451.

Longacre, , 368.

Long Dutton, 583.
Long Island, N. Y., 92.

Battle of, 91.
Long wharf, Boston, 409.
Lopans, Captain, 20.
Lord, Elizabeth, 419.

Mrs. Frances Maria, 305, 558.

Lt. James, 88, 92.

Lynde, 278.

Mrs. Mary, 278.

Mary Shildon, 278.
L'Orient, France, 250, 506, 531.
Loring, , 536.

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Loriog, Henry, 520.

John T., 602.

Richaid, no.
Loupee, Serg. John, 90.
Louisboiirg, Capture of, $47.
Louisiana, 109.
Louisville, Ky., 219.
Lovell, General, 293.
Loveting, Richard, iia
Lovett, Mrs. Eliza Ann, 335.

Eliza Tane, 335.

Joseph, 526.

William H., 335.
Low, Lt Ebenezer, 88.
Low street, 115.
Lowell, Ann, 564, 565.

Mrs. Eltrabeth, 564.

Francis Cabot 244, 246.

James Russell, 175.

John, 89, 245, 261, 269, 348, 467,

499i 565» 597. 598-

Joseph, 527.

Lewis, 564.

Richard, 32, 91, 94, 98.

Samuel, 91, 94, 98.

Mrs. Sarah, 261, 269.

Mrs. Susan, 24$, 261.

Sydney Vale, 327,
Lowell, Mass., 69, 70, 75, 80, 245,

246, 303. 328, 352. 446, 477.
Lower Green, 13, 14, 178, 185.
Lower Long wharf, 208, 209.
Lowth, Rev. Robert, D. D., 496.
Loyalists, 189, 190, 192, 195, 197, 258.
Lucy M. Collins (schooner), 24.
Ludlow, Captain, 23.
Lufkin, Caleb, 525.

Lt. David, 525.
Luke Hoyt (steam-tug), 78, 79.
Lundy, Benjamin, 317.
Lunt, , 75.

Abel, 228, 280, 281, 513, 555.

Mrs. Abigail, 513.

Abner, 250, 507, 508.

Abraham, 509.

Mrs. Adelaide, 513.

Anne, 503-505, 508-510.

Benjamin, 209, 505, 507.

Charles, 83, I45i4>8.

Cutting, 505-507.

Daniel, 112, 503-505. 507» 509-
5". 513-

Deborah, 505-507.

Edmund G)f&n, 509.

Edmund Sydney, 62, 252, 509.

Eliza Ann, 280, 555.

Elizabeth, 503, 504, 506, 510, 561.

Blkanah, 505.

Lunt, Mrs. Emily, 513.
Eunice, 505.
Ezra, 86, 88, 92, 99, 506, 510, 561,

602.
George, 175, 228, 281, 493. 5oi,

508,513.
Hannah, 504. 505, 507, 508.
Hannah Giddings, 508.
Mrs. Hannah Gyles, 251, 509.
Mrs. Harriet, 506, 507.
Henry, 29, 56, 293, 503-505* 507-

5^3. 57^
Jacob, 508.
Jacob William, 509.
James, 510.
Jane, 5095 "» S^i.
Capt. Jeremiah, 70.
Mrs. Joanna, 505.
John, 503-505, 509.
Johnson, 507.

Joseph, 505, 506, 513, 520.
Josiah, 513.
Ix)is, 505.
Mrs. Margaret, 506.
Mrs. Martha, 505.
Mary, 503-505. 507*5 <o, 513. 56>-
Mary Coffin, 62, 252, 508, 509.
Mrs. Mary Green, 512.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, 509.
Matthew, 510, 511, 561.
Mehitable, 505.
Micajah, 62, 70, 72, 162, 250-252,

416, 493. 508, 509. 5«3.
Miriam, 250, 508.
Moses, 510.
Nathaniel, 505.
Paul. 88, 112, 506, 507, 561, 605,

606.
Mrs. Phebe, 281, 513.
Philip H., 178, 179.
Priscilla. 503, 504.
Richard, 112, 506, 507.
Samuel, 510, 526.
Samuel Allen, 513.
Sarah, 250, 251, 503-5«2-
Mrs. Sarah B., 251, 509.
Sarah Giddings, 509.
Sarah rx)rd, 508.
Mrs. Sarah Miles, 513.
Silas, 506.
Skipper, 509.
Susan Maria, 508.
Sydney William, 509.
Thomas, 110.
William, 508, 509.
Rev. William Parsons, D. D., 512,

5»3-
William Pike, 51.

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Lant, Paul, Diary of, 506.
Lunt & Leach, 51a.
Lttotft Tinges, 511.
LaDt*8 bill, 515.
Lyceum aatodatioii, 175.

ball, 174.

Newburyport, 174.
LymaD, Mary, 278.
Lynde, BeDiamin, 2$6.
Lynn, Mass., 345, 346, 551.

MACE, Jobn, 524.

'*■ Corp. Joshua, 527, $28.

Reuben, 58.
Machias, Me., 99t 221, 362, 363.
Macbias Liberty (sloop), 221.
Mackintosh, Hiram P., 40.
MacKinney, Thomas, 608.
Maddock, Thomas J., 21, 539.
Madison street, 43.
Madison, Ind., 232.

WU., 28.
Ma^ee, Peter, 96.
Maine, 261, 274, 286, 344, 368, 402,

462.
Maine Wesleyan seminary, 327.
Maiden, Mass., 380, 419, 428, 504.
Mall, The, 14.

Improvement association, 184.
Malloon, William, 105.
Manchester, Mass., 494.

N. II., 42.
Manchester Locomotive Works, 42, 43.
Manley, Captain, 205.
Mann, Horace, 339.

John, 104.
Maplewood, Mass., 413.
MaUehead, Mass., 189-192, 194-196,

198, 201, 215. 219, 293, 382.
March, , 497.

Angier, 31, 497, 498.

Mrs. Caroline, 319.

Ebenezer, 492.

Rev. John C, 175.

Nathaniel, 516, 520, $22.
Marches hill, 51$.
Marchant, Dr. Peter, 263.

Mrs. Sally, 263.
Marden, William, 519,524, 526.
Margaretta (British armed cutter), 221,
Marietta, O., 108, 296.
Marine Fire Society, 28.
Marine Insurance Company, Newbury-
port, 156.
Marine Railway Company, Merrimack,

154.
Marine Society o( Newburyport, 1 28.

Marion, Joseph, 155.

Market hall, 174, 325.

Market house, 113, 420,591.

Market square, 31, 37, 38, 42, 43, 49t
77. "3. »65, 166, 168, 213, a62,
291, 295, 300, 301, 336, 372, 375,
425, 433, 437, 442, 453, 45d, 496-

499. 533. 55a. 566, 591.
Market street, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 54,
62, 121, 146, 199, 213, 2I«, 219,
229, 230, 237, 238, 297, 301 , 314,
334. 35«. 408, 447. 5^6, 568.
Marlborough street, 11 2, 128, 180, 194

314, 327, 328, 350, 386.
Marquand, Ann, 240.

Charles, 240.

Daniel, 239, 24a

Elizabeth (^ffin, 240.

Joseph, 32, 239, 240, 556.

Lemuel, 74, 77, 81, 155.

Mary, 239, 240.

Micbal, 212, 213.

Rebecca, 133, 239, 240, 556.

Mrs. Sarah, 556.

Susan Coffin, 194, 278.

Susanna Coffin, 240.
Marrs, Evangeline, 398.
Marsh, Rev. (Christopher Bridge, 459.

Jacob, 105.

Jonathan, 598.

Mary, 233.

Nathaniel, 31.
Marshall, Captain, 23.
Marslon, Mrs. Mary, 414.

Mrs. Mary Jane, 540.

Peter, 28a

Mrs. Rebecca, 280.

Mrs. Sarah, 438.

Stephen W., 32, 149, 165, 166,
274, 280, 287, 382, 4«4. 4I7» 418,
540, 600, 601.

Stephen Webster, 414.

WillUm A., 287.
Martha (brig), 225.
Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth, 263.
Mary and John (ship), 503.
Mary Ann (ship), 204.
Mary G. Powers (schooner), 25.
Marysville, Cal., 71, 351.
Masconomet mills, 42, 151.
Mason, Sergeant, 517.

John, 98.

Prof. Lowell, 181.

Robert, 562.

Samuel, 517.

William, 518, 519.
Masonic organizations, 322.

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Massachusetts, 209, 214, 220, 256,
261,269, 271,272, 279, 281, 284,
286, 287, 293, 309, 310, 329»338i
344. 345* 354, 3^>2. 3^8, 404* 4^9,
460, 467. 47«» 473. 477,482, 485,
491, 5M, 5*5, 563-
Bay Colony, 503, 504, 572, 574, 577.
Bay Province, 577.
Governor of, 471.
Massachusetts Constitutional conven-
tion, 261.
Massachusetts General Hospital, 310.

association, 269.
Massachusetts General Hospital for

the Insane, 131.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 507.
Massachusetts infantry, 34$.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

395-
Massachusetts Medical college, 367.
Massachusetts Medical Societv, 307.
Massachusetts militia, 272, 485.
Massachusetts senate, 469.
Massasoit (steamboat), 80.
Massey, Charles, 219.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 219.
Mather, Cotton, 567.
Matignon, Rev. Francis Anthony, 276.
Matrosses, 93, 101, 102.
Matthew*s cove, Island of Grand Ma-
nan, 354.
Mattie Sargent (steam-tug), 74.
Maud (steamboat), 75.
Maverick church, 320. •
May, Rev. Joseph, 332, 348, 591.

Rev. Samuel J., 591.
May Queen (steamlioat), 73, 76.
McBurnie, Edith M., 180.
McClenlick, William, 97, 99.
McCobb, Col. Samuel, 96.
McCrelles, Reuben, 527.
McCusker, John E., 81, 312.
McDonald, James, 93.
McFarland, James, 105.

William, 105.
McGaw, Mrs. Hannah, 463.

John, 463.

Thornton, 463.
McHard, Joseph, iii.

Capt. William, 297.
Mclntire, Sarah Justk:e, 565.
McKeen, James, 99.
McKinney, Thomas, 72.
McKinnon, John H., 81.
Mc Knight, Robert, 104.
McMan, John, 99.
McNall, Capt. Joseph, 96.
McNeil, George E., 340.

McNeil, Capt. Hector, 204-206.

Mary, 192.
McPharson, Paul, 105.
McQuillen, William E., 78.
Mechanic (steamboat), 69.
Mechanic Library association, I77*
Mechanick association, Newburyport,

»34-
Mechanicks Bank, 167, 169-171, 413,

550.
Medford, Mass., 90, 175, 279, 564.
Meeting-house, Rev. Mr. Andrews*,
122, 219.
Rev. Mr. Gary's, 113,290.
Dr. Dana*8, 174.
Federal street, 174, 450.
of First Religious Society, 123, 299,

406, 430, 487.
on High street, 457.
in Maiden, 428.
Methodist, 174.
Rev. Mr. Moore's, 386.
on Prospect street, 436, 448, 449.
in Rowley, 581, 582.
South, in Peabody, 407.
Third Parish, 291.
Meeting-houses, 18, 19, 37*41,49, 5©,
54, 113, 122, 123, 135. 136, 174,
181, 219, 276, 278,290, 291, 299,
325» 386, 406, 407, 428, 430» 436,
448-450, 457, 460. 487, 581 » 582-
Meigs, Rev. Benjamin C, 532.
Melcher, Hannah, 375.
Mellowes, Edward, 504.

Mrs. Hannah, 504.
Meloon, Josiah, 104.
Melrose, Mass., 336-338.
Members of congress, 467-476.
Memphis, Tenn., 322.
Memphis Appeal, 322.
Men, Newburyport Society for the Re-
lief of Aged, 141.
Merchants, 15, 60, 64, 92, 155, 160,
189, 199, 200, 202, 208, 212, 216,
220, 225, 246-248, 250, 253, 298,
385, 397,404, 406, 408, 411, 413,
460, 474, 508, 509, 5' 5, 553, 557-
Merchants Bank, 126, 127, 167, 168,
170, 252-254.
building, 126, 170, 176, 226.
Merchants Insurance Company, 161.
Merchants Mutual Insurance Company,

163.
Menill, Colonel, 524, 525.
Annis, 93, 105.
Charies R., 137.
Edna^ 303.
Esekiel, no.

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Merrill, Heory, iii, 6oi.
Jacob, III, 536.
Jtmci, 519.
Dr. James A., 309.
John, 94, 161, 163, 165, 166, 309.

49a, 5*6, 601.
Jonathan, 97, 98.
Mary, 385.

Moses, 381, 382, 601, tea.
Nancy, 407.
Nathan, ill.
Oliver B., 153, 298.
Orlando B., 53, 63, 64.
Paul, 134, 521.
Paul A., 401.
Robert, 134.
William, 300.
William H., 389.
Merrimac, Mass., 494.
Merrimac (sloop-of-war), 297.
Merrimac (steamboat), 72, jx,
Merrimac Valley Visitor, 328.
Merrimack, N. II., 463, 464.
Merrimack (ship), 212, 246.
Merrimack (ship-of-war), 592, 594.
Merrimack (sloop-of-war), 225.
Merrimack steamboat), 69, 74, 76.
Merrimack Bank, 164.
Merrimack Bible society, 134, 135.
Menimack Coffee house, 121.
Merrimack court, 198.
Merrimack Encampment, I. O. O. K.,
No. 7, 126, 127.
of Newburyport, 127,
Merrimack Fire and Marine Insurance

Company, 157.
Merrimack Humane Society, 17, 128,

129,275,276,372,499.
Merrimack Insurance Company, 157,

159, 160, 162.
Merrimack Library association, 175.
Merrimack Marine and Fire Insurance

Company, 160.
Merrimack Marine Railway Company,

154.
Merrimack river, 14-16, 70-72, 74-76,
78-83. »30» 1981 210, 245, 254,
408,462, 477, 503, 515, 529-531.
570, 577i 58" » 615.
Steam navigation on, 69.
Menimack River Towing company,

78, 79.

Mernmack Steam Navigation compa-
ny, 71.

Merrimack street, 31, 37, 41, 42, 53,
54,67, 68, 102, 122, 123, 126,
154. I99i 227, 237, 238, 298, 308,
382, 408,419. 420, 446, 473. 496.

Merrimack Valley Steamboat

■y. 73. 74, 76, 77.
Merritt, Henry, 137.
Merry*s Museum, 343.
Metcalf, N. W.. 387.
Methodist meeting-house, 174.
Methodist Society, Greenland, N. H.,

438.
Methuen, Mass., 271, 307, 468, 480.
Mexican war, 322, 482.
Michigan, 281, 411.
Middle street, 37, 38, 156, 215, 218,
219, 233, 295,307,309, 348, 361,
498.
Mkldlesez canal, 70.
Middleton, William, 518, 521.
Middleton, Mass., 494.
Middletown, R. I., 319.
Mighill, Elizabeth, 473.

Thomas, 581.
Milbury, Mass., 343.
Military companies, 84-86. 88-90, 113.
MilitU, 272, 330, 485, 560.
Milk street, 212, 361, 448.
Mill, Curson, road, 13.
Mill prison, 221, 229, 506, 507, 511.
Miller, Mrs. Hannah, 192.

John, 192.
Milliken, Edward, 105.

SethM., 153.
Mills, Frances Ix>rd, 284.

Levi, 30.

Rev. Samuel J., 532.
Milb, 42, no, 193, 235, 236, a4S.
246, 562.

at Pine island, 562.
Milnor, Rev. James, 351.
Miltimore, Rev. James, 134.
Milton, Rev. Mr., 37.

Anna, 450.

Mrs. Anna, 450, 451.

Anna Matilda, 450, 451.

Rev. Charles W., 1 14, 436.

Charies William, 448-451.

Lucretla Hamsly, 450, 451.

Mary Ann, 450.

Mary Jane Clarissa, 450, 451.

Selina Mary Ann, 450, 451.
Milton, Mass., 335.
Miner, Rev. George II., 348.
Minneapolis, Minn., 42.
Minneola (steamboat), 81.
Minot, Me., 308.
Minto, James D., 81.
Missionary at Isles of Shoals, 548.
Mitchell, John, 262.

ioseph, 105.
lartha, 262, 263.

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Mitchell, Eos. Nathaniel, 92.

William, 525.
M. L. Wetherell (schooner), 24.
Mobile, Ala., 69.
Mobile (steamboat), 69.
Mollenhauer, Emil, 184.
Monomcck (steam-tug), 79.
Monrce, President, 58, 117, 228, 247,
350.

Jame?, 240.
Monroe, President, Reception of, 247.
Monroe street, 144, 153.
Montgomery, Dr. George, 309.

Lt. Nathaniel, 88, 92.
Monument on Atkinson common, 185.

to the soldiers and sailors, 401:
Monuments, 19, 185, 237, 401, 441,

464.
Moody, Abigail, 211, 241, 303.

Caleb, III.

Cutting, 45, 597.

David, 597. 598.

Edward G., 613.

Elizabeth, 54.

Enoch, 93.

Hannah, 303, 304.

Hannah M., 409.

IIcnryT., 606.

Jane, 510, 511, 561.

John, 112,523.

Jos., 30.

Joseph Edward, 345.

Mrs. Martha, 409.

Mrs. Martha Ann Kimliall, 303.

Mary, 361, 504.

MaryC, 303.

Mary Little, 389.

Paul, 93, 244, 245, 303.

Rebecca, 223.

Samuel, 112, 257, 504.

Sarah, 207.

Somerby, 32.

Susan Lydia, 303, 304.

William, 602.

William H., 301, 409.

William O., 418.
Moody^s lane, 473.
Mooer, William, 523.
Mooney, Amos W., 564, 606.
Moore, Rev, Mr., 386.

Hamilton, 125.

Ira M., 389.
Moorfield, Elizabeth, 92.
Mootrey, Joseph, 1 10.
More, Moses, 522.
Moreland, Mrs. Anne, 155.

William, 1 19, 155, 298.
Morgaridge, John, iii.

Morrill, Frank F., 63.

Henry, 563.

Corp. Jas., $26.

John, jr., 527.
Morris, John, 97, 99.
Morrison, Charles P., 181, 182.

Henry, 518, 522.

Thomas, 31, 5*5» 527» 528.
Morse, Rev. Dr., 548.

Anthony, 448.

Charles Osgood, 177, 287.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 566.

Dr. Fred O., 310.

Israel A., 610,

Rev. Tame9, 134.

Joseph, 566.

Merrill, $18,521.

Peter, 524.

Samuel F. B., 307.

Sidney E., 307.

WUliam, 566.
Moisf, James, 174, I75» 3M» 348,
442, 500, 541.

Joseph B., 44, 171, 178, 606, 607.

Mrs. Josephine, 541.
Morss, Brewster & 11 use, 502. .
Morton, l>aniel, 518.

Mrs. Harriet, 197.

James, 519.

Moses, 517.
Moseley, Mrs. Caroline Louisa, 409.

Charles W., 274.

Mrs. Charlotte Augusta, 413,

Ebeneser, 136, 147, 160, 170, 174,
272-274, 279, 281. 287,401, 409,
410, 413, 492, 630, 601.

Edward A., 606.

Edward Strong, 162, 274, 401, 413,
414, 416, 418.

Frederick S., 83, 274.

James, 97, €>9.

Jedcdiah, 307.

Mrs. Julia Maria, 409.

Lucy Jones, 274, 409, 410.

Mrs. Martbi, 272.

Mary Ann, 272, 274, 409, 410, 413.

William O., 138, 144, 274, 409.

Mis. WillUmO.,45*
Moseley avenue, 186, 399, 401.
Moses, Serg. William S., 517.
Moulton, B., 130.

George, 517.

Henry W., 177.

Henry William, 344.

John, III.
onathan, 517, C22.

Toaeph, 147, 59«.
Lydia, 296.

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Moulton, Nathan A., 417, 536, 537,
606.

Mn. Susan Flo)'cl, 344.

Susan Wbittemorr, 344.

William, 296.
Mouut Rural, ^6-58, 304.
Muir, Elizabeth Dame, 353.
MuUiken, Benjamin, 105.

Hannah Gyles, 251, 509

Jonathan, 196, 598.

Samuel, 125, 165, 251, 509.
Mullins, John, 103.

Murdoch, , 502.

Murphy, Elizabeth, 445.
Murray, , 554.

George, 367, 368.

John, 105, 348, 362, 448, 457-459.
496, 587.

Elder Robert, 587.

William, 104.
Murray, Draper, Fail man & Co., 351,

367.
Murrill, James, $2$.
Muse, Margaret, 320.
Museum, Boston, 173.
Music, X80-184, 230, 330, 334.
Musical festivals, 181, 182.

societies, 180-184.
Muz7«y, Rev. A. B., 274.

Rev. Artemis Bowers, 410.

Mn. John, 137.

Lucy J., 137.

Mrs. Lucy Jones, 274, 409, 410.
Mycall, John, 28, 35. 59, 60, 495,
496» 599.

NANCY (schooner), 19.
Nantasket roads, 594.
Nantucket, Mass., 351.
Nant/., France, 214, 251.
Narragansett country, $72.
Narragansett (steamlioai), 72,
Nason, Dr. Arthur C, 44, 310.

Mrs. Arthur C, 274.

C, 502.
Nason, Bragdon & Co., 502.
Nashua, N. H., 70, 80.
National Academy of Design, 351, 354,

355.
rail

Naval battle, 200.

officers, 203, 205, 274.

supplies, 531, 534.
Navigation, 244.

on Merrimac liver, 615.

Steam, 69.
Navy, 226, 295» 53ii 592| 594, 59^.

Secretary of the, 594.

English, 295.

Nelson, Mrs. Elizabeth, 473.
Elizabeth Mighill, 474.
Jeremiah, 156, 157, 159, 161, 170,

207, 473476, 481, 600.
John B., 474, 476.

Mrs. Mary, 44, 474, 481.
Mary Bakh, 474.
Mary E., 44.
OEcarll., 287.
Solomon. 473.
Nesmith, Henrietta Crager Hudson,

343.

John, 75.

Mrs. Marie A., 343.

Thomas L., 343.
Nevada county, Cal., 283.
Newark, N. J., 413.
New Baltimore, N. Y., 79.
New Bedford, Mass., 339, 340, 351,

555-
New Biunswick, 73, 354, 3$^-
Newbury, Mass., 13-15, 18, 27, 32, ^by
41, 46. 49-51, 53, 54, 56, 58. 60,
61, 63, 86, 8890, 93. 95. 96, 102,
112, 114, lijj, 117,121, 135, 128-
130, 137. 138. "44. 147. I4»» "78-
180, 185, 193, 198, 200, 201, 207,

208, 210, 21 1, 213, 214, 216, 226,
229, 233-235, 237. 238, 241, 244,
250, 251, 257, 261, 262, 264, 265,
267, 268, 270, 274, 277, 284, 285.
288, 289, 291, ;*95, 297. 303, 304,
308, 3»3. 3"4» 325. 327. 328. 340,
343, 344, 348. 353. 355. 3^0, 361*
363. 3»o, 385. 386. 397. 399. 4oa.
405, 408, 415, 419. 43 «, 437. 438.
45>.456, 457,461, 467, 468, 47»»
473,477, 482, 49«-49^, 498. 499,
503, 504. 506. 5«5i 543. 545. 55 »»
552, 556. 558, 564, 565. 567. 570
572, 577. 578. 580, 616.

Annexation of |mrt of, to Newbury-

port, 115.
Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary

exercises, etc., 340.
town house, 174.
Newbury, Vt., 275, 304.
Newburyport, 1-6 16.
Area of, 15.

Incorporation of, 15, 257.
Population of, 15.
Newburyport academy, 558.
Newbury|>ort artillery company, 100,

109, 112, 117, 118, 267.
Newburyport Atheoieum, 172, 173,

177.
Newburyport Bank, 65, 66, 164-166,

55*.

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Newburyport Bethel society, 18, 142,

143.

Newburyport, Boston and Haverhill
Steam Boat Company, 70.

Newburyport bridge, 148.

Newburyport Charitable society, 413.

Newbury|)ort Choral Union, 183.

Newbury poit Circulating Library, Cat-
alogue of, 500.

*• Newburyport in the Civil War,"
••History of," 34$.

Newburyport Commandery of Knight
Templars, 125.

Newburyport Co-operative Bank, 171.

Newburyport Daily Courier, 283.

Newburyport Daily and Semi- Weekly
Herald, 281.

Newburyport Daily Evening Union,353.

Newburyport Electric Light and Power
Company, 154.

Newburyport Encampment of Knight
Templars, 125.

Newburyport Female Charitable socie-
ty. '3«-'33-

Newburyport Five Cents Savings Itank,
171.

Newburyi>ort Gas and Electric Com-
pany, 154.

Newburyport Health Insurance Com-
pany, 163.

Newburyport Herald, 64, 315, 327,
328, 353-

Newburyport Homoeepathic Hospital,

145.

Newburyport Hosiery Company, 147,
148.

Newbur)-|K)rt Howard Benevolent so-
ciety, 136, 137, 139.

Newburyport Insurance Company, 161.

Newburyport Ladies Bethel society,

M3.
Newburyport Library association, 1 76.
Newburyport life saving station, 21,25,

27» 539.
Newburyport Linnean society, 1 76.
Newburyport Lyceum, 174, 177, 183,

415.

Newburyport Marine Insurance Com-
pany, 156, 203.

Newburyport Marine Insurance society,
160.

Newburyport Marine society, 16, 17,
28, 128, 213, 222, 223, 2SI, 252,
381, 382, 564.

Newburyport Mechanick association,

134.
Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, 43, 160, 162, 474,

Newburyport Mutual Fishing Insurance

Company, 160.
Newburyport and Newbury Mechanics

association, 134.
Newburyport Oratorio class, 182,183.
Newburyport Phenix Marine and Fire

Insurance Company, 158, 159.
Newburyport Silk Company, 148.
Newburyport Society for the Relief of

Aged Females, 139, 140.
Newburyport Society for the Relief of

Aged Men, 141.
Newburyport Steam Cotton Company,

148. 149.
Newburyport Woolen Manufacturing

Oimpany, 146, 147.
Newburyport Young Men's Christian

Association, 145.
New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y., 3S4-
Newell, Mrs. Jane, 242.

Nathaniel, 242.
New England, 214, 29S, 307» 3U.
326, 372, 408, 410, 556, 577.

coast, 534.

Council for, 570.

sUtes, 530, 515,
New England Worsted Company, 398.
Newfield, N. H., 382.
New Gloucester, Me., 311.
Newhall, Andrew, 99.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 543.

Mmry, 313, 543.

Samuel, 59, 113, 293,543.
New Hampshire, 175, 261, 328, 3441
368, 402, 460, 462-464 » 476, 480.

Governors of, 292, 294.
New Haven, Conn., 86, 272,430, 501,

590.
New Uill burying ground, 112, 240,

312,338,480.
New Holderness, N. H, 196.
New Jersey, 77, 78, 3611 S> >•
New London, Conn., 71.
Newman, Benjamin, 88, 93, 519, 524,

Elizabeth, 291, 565, 566.

Jane, 291.

Joanna, 291, 566.

John, 288, 291, 516, 565.

Joseph, 29.

Joshua, 291, $66.

Judith, 291, 566.

Mary, 291, $66.

Payne, 291.

Samuel, 31, 61, 93, 103, 160, 438.

Sarah, 252, 253.

Susanna, 275.

Timothy, 291, 566, 594596.

Wingate, 291.

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Newmarcb, Joseph, 31.

New Orieans, U., 70, 109, 343, 345,

463.
Newport, R. I., 456.
New Rowley, Mam., 550.
Ncwipapers, 117, 121, 124, 176, 270,

3"3. 3i5i 321-323* 3271 329. 353»

362, 410.
Newton, Jeremiah L., 176, 389.
NewtOD, Mast., 391.
New York, 23, 24, 9t» 103. 15$, 264,

266, 283,29a, 5»".54i.

New York.N.Y., 23, 70, 1 17» "i, 223,

267, 268, 276, 277, 286, 304, 307,
3"o. 3"7t 323. 325-327, 351-356.
35»i36i» 379. 392, 395, 399, 406,
411, 417, 418, 461, 463, 467, 478,

5 "2, 534, 559.
Nicboli, Humphrey, 105.

James, 526.

Mrs. Mary, 451, 453.

Mary Caroline, 67.

Samuel, 161, 167.

WUIiam, 29, 66, 67, 2^7, 249, 250,
^,. 303, 493. 507, 534, 602.
Nineteenth army corps, 283, 485.
Nixon, Col. John, 89.
NoUe, Oliver, 91.
Norfolk, Conn., 275.

Va., 35".
Norfolk (vessel), 596.
Norris, Caleb, 417.

James, 104.
North Congregational church, 142,
146, i^, 320, 384, 500, 533-

Meeting-house of, 40, 460.
'* North End Pkipers,'' i u, 298.
North Yarmouth, Me., 289, 290.

Meeting-house in, 290.
Northend, Enoch T., 607.

Ezekiel, 381.

Sarah, 288.

Hon. William D., 283, 487.
Norton, Amos, 1 10.

Anne, 133. •

Bishop, 599.

Daniel, 355.

George, 112, 516;

Joshua, 33.

Mrs. Mary, 355.

Moses, 516.

Richardson, 93.

Mrs. Sarah D., 356.

Stephen, 525.

William B., 525.

William Edward, 355-358.
Norwich, Conn., 71.
Notes of city illegally issued, 537.

Nova Scotia, 96.

Nowell, Increase, 572, 573.

John, 33.

Capt. Moaes, 86, 93, 94, 230, 243,
361.

Samuel, 32.

SUas, <25.
Noxon, Laura Ann, 395, 554*
Noyes, Captain, 124.

Mr., 452.

Amos, 63, 112, 161, 167, 177, 287,
416, 526,601.

Charles W., 539.

David, 161, 167.

Dolly, 242.

Dorcas, jr., 133.

Ebenezer, 520, 523.

Eltphalet, 32.

Dr. Ernest II., 309.

Dr. Francis V., 175.

George O., 609.

llarriette E., 430.

Henry J., 235,610, 611.

Herbert S., 613.

Isaac, 33.

Isaac P., 179, 609.

Serg. Jacob, 518, 523.

James, 503.

Jane, 295.

John, 112, 505.

John M., 527.

Joseph, 234, 5t>8, 599.

Martha, 505.

Mrs. Mary, 505.

Moody B., 612, 613.

Nathan, 170, 297.

Nicholas, 503.

Paul, 297.

Mrs. Reliecca, 297.

Robert, 522.

RobettH., 517.

Samuel, 297.

Sarah, 242, 244, 510.

SewaU B., 235.

Serg. Simon, 105.

W. Herbert, 609, 610.

WUIiam, 103, 214, 599.

William H., 83, 608.

Woodbrklge, 303.
Nye, Dr. Samuel, 129.

OAK Hill cemetery, 14, 92, in,
225, 236, 247, 250, 385, 305,
3>o, 332, 340, 393, 396, 397, 474.
514, 540.
Oakland street, 15, 332.
Oakley, Arthur E., 351.
Mrs. Cornelia, 351.

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Oakley, Violet, 351.
Obbins, Solomon, S8.
O^Brien, Mrs. BeU?y, 224.

David, 223.

Dennis, 223.

Hannah, 222, 540.

Harriet, 224.

Israel, 234.

Jeremiah, 221, 222.

John, 29, 60, 158, 167, 222, 223,

540» 599.

Joseph, 123, 222-224,600.

Marcia, 540.

Marqr, 222, 540.

Mary, 234.

Mary Johnson, 224.

Folly, 222.

Mrs. Rebecca, 223.

Richard Morris, 222.

Samuel, 103.

Thomas Moody, 224.

Valeria, 224,

William, 222, 223.

William Moody, 224.
Ocean avenue, 347.
Ocean Mills, 42, 44, 153.
Ocean National Bank, 167, 168, 170,

253. 254.
0*Connell, George 11., 287.
Odd Fellows, 125.

hall, 126.
Oddie, John A. L., 607.
Ohio (steamboat), 70.
Old Hill burying ground, 15, 18, iii,
ii5» >39. i85»209, 213, 218, 219,
229, 232, 360, 288, 290, 293, 361,
428-430, 450, 583.589.

Inscriptions in, 583-589.
Old Ladies' Home, 139, 140, 203, 401,

413.
Old Men*s Home, 141, 401.
Old Newbury Hi8tork:al Society, 207,

476.
Old South meeting-house, 133.

Boston, 318.
Olive (brig), 251.
Olive Branch (schooner), 20.
Olive lane, 31.
Olive street, 140, 155, 420.
Oliver, Mrs. Elizabeth, 302.

Thomas, 302.
Orange street, 18, 238, 334, 306, 309.
Orations, 135, 116, 265, 276, 498.
Oratorkw, 182-184.
Ordway, John, 199.

Moses, 58, 518, 525.

Nathaniel, 300.

Samuel, 520.

Ordway, Stephen, 522.

Thomas, 31.
Ordway's lane, 54, 566.
Orient (steamboat), 76.
Orleans, Duke of, 462.

L. P. B., 462.
Ome, Eleanor, 334.

Eliza, 271.

Harriet, 415.

WiUlam, 271.
Orphans, 131-133, 45^-
Ostx>me, George J., 122.

George Jerry, 496.
Osgood, Alfred, 607.

David, 97, 98.

Dean, 99.

Edward, 180, 350.

Knoch, 160.

Frank S., 180, 350.

George, 609.

Hannah, 210.

John, 44, 137, 416.
Osgood, James R., & Co., 346.
Otis, George, 398.

Harrison Gray, 398.

James P., 174.

Samuel A., 599.

Samuel Allyne, 164.
Oxford, Eng., 455, 456.
Oxnard, Edward, 272.

Mrs. Mary, 272.

Mary Ann, 272, 274, 409, 410, 413.

PACATUCK, 572.
Pacifk: coast, 254, 327, 33*1 393-
Packer, Edward, 520, 523.

George, 516, 518-520, 523, 527.

Dr. H. T., 309.
Paflord, John, 1 10.
Page, Asenath Lyons, 354.

Charles W., 610.

David P., 174, i75» 287,335.

John, 521.

John T., 605.

Richard, 526.

Ruth, 552.
Paige, Serg. William, 90.
Paine, Mrs. Eliza, 270.

Robert Treat, 262, 270, 467, 497.

Sarah, 415.

Thomas, 270, 497.
Painter's Arms, Sign of the, 16, 348.
Painters (art), 347, 348, 352» 353»355i
359. 375-

Portrait, 352, 353.
Palestine, 279, 478.
Pallas (brig), 250.
Palmer, Andrews, 589.

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Palmer, Mrs. Anna, 588.

Mn. Elizabeth, 589.

John, 589.

Tioiothy, 28, ill, 588, 589.
Panama, Isthmus of, 393.
Panther (iron collier), 78.
Parana river, 393.
Pardee, Aaron, in, 360.

Benjamin, 521.

Henry, 31.

Mrs. Jane, 360.
Parb, France, 106, 248, 307, 329, 351,
356, 460, 461, 464, 466.

Salon, 356, 3S7. 359-

Treaty of, 500.
Park, Isaac, 224, 526.

John, 122.
Park improrementi, 396.
Parker, Lt. Aaron, 88.

Edgar, 398.

Edward, 526.

Elizabeth, 307.

George, 527.

Capt. Gideon, 88, 92.

T. C. D., 183.

Nathaniel, 96, 98.

Phineas, 242.

Samuel, 105.

Mrs. Sarah, 242.

Theodore, 175.

Rev. Thomas, 503.

Capt. William, 22.
Parker river, 13, 14, 56, 147. 178, 503,

53«» 570.

Parmenter, , 314.

Parsons, Adelaide, 513.

Arexine G., 389.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 262.

Lt. Enoch, 88, 92.

Capt Harry, 251.

John r>., 24, C15.

Jonathan, 29, 33. 290,348, 457*459.

Jonathan Gibson, 290.

Joseph, 525.

Lydia, 210, 311.

Mary, 290.

Theophilus, 147, 262, 264-266, 269-
271, 275, 285, 403, 468. 476, 497,
540.

T. W.. 513.
Parsons, Mass., 277.
Parsons street, 251.
Parton, Mrs. Ellen Willis, 332.

Ethel, 348.

James, 178, 185, 333.

John, 332.

Mrs. Sarah Payson, 332.
Pastures, Common, 63.

Pattee, William S., 512.
Patton, Rev. Myron O., 34S.
Paul, Jeremiah, 377.
Pauline (steamboat), 77.
Pawtucket canal, 245.

falls, 70.
Pay, WillUm, 88, 97, 98.
Payson, Samuel T., 602, 604.
Peabody, David, 31, 405.

Francis, esq., 190.

George, 405-407, SM-

John, 65, 405, 600.

Mrs. Judith, 405.

Stephen, 44, 6ott.

Stephen H., 519.

Thomas, 405.
Peabody, Mass., 405, 407, 494.
Peabody, David, & Co., 405.
Peabody, George, & Co., 406.
Peabody Institute, Danvers, 406.
Peabody Manufacturing Company, 1 5 r,

152.
PealxMly Mills, 42, 152.
Peace Jubilee, Grand National, 182.
Peace Jubilee and International Festi-
val in Boston, 182.
Peak, Rev. John, 60.
Pearce, Elizabeth, 510, 561.
Pearson, Abigsil, 226, 385.

Lt. Abner, 523.

Alfred, 610, 612.

Amos, 92, no.

Chades, 525.

David, no.

Edmund C, 609.

Elizabeth, 215.

George F., 62.

George II., 183.

Hannah, 242.

Henry, $26.

Isaac, Coi.

Isaac G., 599.

Jal)ez L., n7, 604.

Jeremiah, 57, 584.

John, 135, 137, 155, 157, 170, 599,
602.

John S., 601.

Mrs. Mary, 57.

Maty Green, 512.

Michael, 70.

Moody, 148.

Nathaniel, no.

Robert, 523, 526.

Theodore, jr., 37.

Thomas, 520, 524.
Pease, James, 52b, 523.
Pecker, Corp. William, 105.
Peckham, George P., 613.

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Peerless (steamboat), 73.
Pembroke, Robert, 94, 97, 98.
PendletoD, Capt. Bryan, 574.
Pennsylvania, 351.

Stale hoase, 470.

University of, 268.
Penobscot river, 103, 250, 293, 592.

Expedition, 250, 293.
Pentucket Navigation Company, 75,76.
People's Line of steamers, 76, 78, 81.
Peotia, 111., 307.
Pepperell, Sir William, 547.
Perkins, Mr., 67.

Abigail, 360.

Abraham, 30, 67, 68, 116, 124, 360,
368, 370, 371, 600.

Mrs. Ann, 360-362.

Anna, 360.

Anna Greenleaf, 360.

Anthony, 370, 521.

Benjamin, 86, 88, 92, in, 125, 243,
360, 361, 370, 588.

Charles, 370.

Charles L., 611.

Ebenezer, 360.

Edmund, 360.

Edward, 610.

Elizabeth, 306, 360, 370, 371.

Esther, 360.

Hannah, 362, 371.

Mrs. llairiet, 306.

Henry C, 174, 309» 4i6.

Dr. Henry Coit, 306, 307.

Henry Russell, 307.

Jacob, 38, 122, 125, 360, 362-37 1 »
376, 615.

Jsne, 360, 362, 370.

John, 360, 523, 578.

Joseph, 361.

Mrs. Judith, 578.

Lucy A., 535, 536.

Mary, 242, 360, 361, 553, 554f 564.

578, 591.

Mary Jane, 371.

Matthew, 360-362, 370, 597, 598.

Nalhan, 360.

Nathaniel, 370, 516.

Ruth, 360.

Sarah, 360.

Mrs. Susan Sanderson, 321.

Susanna, 360.

Thaddeus, 371.

Thomas, 306.
Perkins, Edward, & Son, 44.
Perley, Renton M., 238.

Rev. Samuel, 419.

Sidney, 18, 313, J83, 614.
Perrin, Augustus, 282.

Harriet, 282, 487.
Perry, Rev. Gardiner B., 500.

Mrs. Mary Ann, 274.

Oliver Hizard, 274.

William, 105, 112.

William W., no.
Perth Amboy, N. J., 338.
Peter (brig), 215.
Peters, Richardj 524.
Petersburg, Va., 345.
Petition of William Farris, 203.
Pettigrew, Charles D., 609.
Pettingell, Benjamin, 112.

Charlotte T., 307.

James, 49.
• John, 121, 157, 170, 599.

Jonathan, 522.

Joshua, 103, no.

Mary, 510, 513.

Matthew, 510.

Moses, 603.

Samuel, 161, 605.

Sarah, 137, 5>o.

Capt. William, 25.
Petty's island, N. J., 77, 532.
Phelps, Miss, 315.
Phenix Fire Society, 30.
Phenix hall, 123, 125, 315, 481.
Phenix Marine and Fire Insurance

Company, 158, 159.
Philadelphia, Pa., 25, 27, 73, 74, 76,
78, 79, 107, 190, 220, 261, 266,
276, 3'3. 3>8, 321, 328, 332. 3S>i
352. 3S6, 362, 363, 367. 368, 371.
372, 376, 377i 379i 39S» 4o6. 4i7»
418, 460-463, 467-4691 478, 529.
532, 554.
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and

and Iron Company, 78.
Philippe, Louis, 331, 461, 462.
Phillips, Henry, 589.

Hon. J., 441.

Leonard, 521.

Mrs. Mary, 589.

Mehilable, 589.

Mercy, 54?.

Samuel, 287, 602.

Wendell, 175.
Phillips Academy, Andover, 238, 392.
Phips, Samuel, 97, 99.
Pbcebe (schooner), 225.
Physical geography of Essex county,

539.
Physicians, 242, 268, 288-310, 463,

556, 558.
Pickard, Hannah, 554.
Picker, Joseph, jr., 519.
Pickering, Timothy, 93, 371.

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*^ Pickle for the Knowing Ones,'* 422,

424, 427.
Pickman, Levi, 527.
Pictou, N. S., 20.

Pidgeon, Benjamin, 32, 517-519, 522.
Pierce, Bmlch W., 417.

Cbarlet, 42a

Daniel, 241, 562.

David, 97.

Jacob W., 123.
fra. Jacob W., 447.

Martha, 210, 241.

Nathaniel, 287, 389, 605, 606.

Capt. Nicholas, 522.

William P., 417.
Pierpont, Caroline Augusta, 279.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 278.

Mrs. Harriet Louisa, 279.

James. 278, 279.

John, 135, 175, 274f 278, 279.

Juliette, 279.

Mary E., 279.

Mrs. Mary Sheldon, 278.

William Alston, 279.
Pike, Abbie F., 142.

Albert. 175, 321, 322, 442.

Alfred W., 558.

Annie M., 137, 138.

Benjamin, 32, 94, 95, 321.

Daniel, 88,94,517, 519.

Daniel P., 171, 604.

Dorothy, 225.

Elias, no.

Francis V., 287.

James, 500.

Capt. James F., 523.

John N., 387, 416, 605, 607.

Joseph, 94, no, 521,558.

Joseph S., 170.

Mrs. Lois, 558.

Mary, 561.

Mrs. Mary Acn, 321.

Michael, 104.

Moses, 93, 1 10.

Nicholas, 48, 97i iS9i 349-

Nicolas, 496, 598.

Richard, 29, 60, 135, 157, 223.

Mrs. Sarah, 321.

Sarah W., 391.

Timothy, 597.
Pilling, Dr. Simeon O., 310.
Pillsbury, Charles. 516, 518, 524.

Daniel, 96. 517.

David ti., 344.

Enoch, 32.

Hannah RoHe, 344.

Joshua, III.

Lois, 468.

Pillsbury Mary, 226.

Samuel, in.

Tristram, 93.

Dr. Warren W., 310, 464.

WilUam C, 516.
Pillsbury Genealogy, 344.
Pinckney (vessel), 596.
Pinder, James, 97, 98.
Pine island, 562.
Pingree, Daniel B., 516.
Pinkham, Isaac, 104.
Piper, Harriet C, 391.

Joseph, 522.
osephL., 155.

William H., 176.
Pipe-Stave hill, 14, 193, 277, 461.
Pittsburg, Pa., 463.
Pitts6eld, Mass., 308.
Pitlston, Me., 317.
PUce, Samuel, 88.
*^ Plaine Dealing, or Newes from New

England,*' 256.
Plank road on Plum island, 398.
Pleasant street, 37, 39, 40, 67, 114,
123, 135, 136, 145-I47t 149. «56,
170, 174, 181, 185, 236, 293, 309,
336, 350, 36', 406.

meeting-house, 49, 135, 136.
Plum island, 151 7, 19-27, 70, 72, 73,
80. 81, 93, 117, 128, 130, 39S,
408, 515, 564.

beach, 27.

hotel, 18.

life saving station, 21, 539.

lighthouse, 23.
Plum Island Point, 25.
Ilumer (Plummer):

Mrs. Abigail, 431.

Asa, 438.

Edmund, 438.

Enoch, 32, 122, 522.

Francis, 438.

Frank II., 611.

George II., 611.

Henry C, 610.

James, 438.

Jonathan, 424,431-438.

Joseph, 111,438,524.

Mary, 57.

Nathan, 520.

Paul, 130.

Rhoda, 438.

Richard. 171,493*

Samuel S., 601.

Ssrab, 438.

S. S., 137.

Thomas, 524.

Tris ram, 519.

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Plumer, William, 130.

William P., 607.

Wistran, 525.
Plymouth, Eog., 249, 4 $6.

Mass., 275, 297.
Pocahontas (brig), 18, 19.
Poems, 135, 270, 278, 279, 282, 312.
3M. 334, 335»340i344. 347i 348.
501, 502, 540, S4I, 546» 5^.

Books of, 312-314.
Poems of religion and society, 54 '> 54^*
Poetry, 322, 433-435> 440-443i 54 >•

Books of, 322.
Poets, 175. 313, 314, 322. 3231 5^3-
Poets of Essex county, 313, 314, 3^2,

3*3»
Point a Petres, Guadaloupe, 92.
Point aux Trembles, 204.
Point Ix>ma, Cal., 431.
Polk, President, 250.
Polar discoveries, 343, 344.
Polarb expedition, 327.
Police, 45.

court, 280.

station, 154, 420.
Polish revolution, 1 74.
Pollock, Allen, 38.
Polly (schooner), 225.
Pomona (ship). 243, 244.
Pomp (negro), 97.
Pond street, 115, 209, 335.
Pool, Capt. Mark, 563.
Poole, John, 125.
Poor, The, 301, 381, 382, 428.

funds, 380.
Poor (Poore) :

Corp. Amos, 94.

Benjamin, 1 10, 329.

Ben: Perley, 178, 329*33 '» 406,462,
466.

Rev. Daniel, 532.

Daniel S., 371.

George, 105.

Isaac, 516, 522.

Mary, 505.

Mrs. Mary Perley, 329.

Nathan, 112.

Samuel, 73.

Timothy, no.

Mrs. Virginia, 331.

William, 90, 97, 98.
Poore^s lane, 14, 15, 198, 570.
Pope, Rev. Louis A., 184.
Popkin, Rev. John S., 135.
Population of Newburyport, 15.
Porter, Mrs. Hannah, 235, 237, 557.

John, 70, 148, 154, 156, 161, 162,
171, 235,238,416, 521, 557, 603.

Port Hudson, La., 283, 343, 485.

Engagement at, 283.
Port Johnson, N. J., 25.
Portland, Me., 40, 76, 137, 219, 251,
252, 262, 265, 266, 270, 272, 282,
311, 405, 407, 408, 462, 468, 469.
Portrait of George Peabody, 406.
Portraits, 173, 179, 191, 193, 348,
350-353, 370, 375,406, 45', 475»
476.
Portsmouth, £ng., 249.
N. H., 20, 25, 35. 69, 70, 75, 80,
81, "7. 195, 271,320,353,361,
405, 420, 441, 457, 459-462, 476,
534. 548.
Fort at, 548.
Post, Peter, 522.
Post-office, 222, 328, 502.
Postal service, 470.
Potter, James, 31.

Potter, Shop, kilo and wheel of, 59.
Pottle, WillUm, 88.
Potomac (ship), 564.
Powder, Gun, loi, 573.
Manufacture of, 571.
Pownalborough, Me., 318.
Powow (steam-tug), 79.
Powow river, 461, 531.
Preble, Capt. Jedediah, lox.
Presbury, Edward, 207.

Mary, 207, 242.
Presbyterian church, 585.
Newburyport, 496.
minister, 458.
Prescott, Mri. Ann, 302, 557.
Charles, 557.
Mrs. Eli»il>eth, 302.
Ilariiet EliKabeth, 284,341.
Jonathan, 104.
Joseph Newmarch, 284, 341.
Lucy O., 215.
Mary, 302.

Mary Newmarch, 341.
Nathan A., 520.

Oliver, 170, 215, 302, 520, 557.
Mrs. Sarah, 284, 341.
Presidento of United SUtes, 135, 240,
264, 292, 328, 407, 469, 478.
484.
Pressey, John, 526.
Price, Daniel, 94, 98.
Primrose (brig), 20.
Prince, James, 156, 158, 167,599, 60a
Rev. Joseph, 49iS.
Samuel, si 7, 522.
WillUm H., 520.
Princess Elizal>eth (British packet
»Wp), 534-

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Princeton, N. J., 318.

Piinters, 283, 313, 315, 367, 499"

502.
Printing offices, 60, 496, 550.
Prison, Mill, 221, 229.
Prisons, 221, 229, 345.
Pritchard, Edward D., 389.

Jacob, 519, 524.

btephen, 516.

William, 72, 604, 605.
Privateers, 29, 66, 159, 221-223, 229,
235» 240, 247.250, 267, 506, 507,

5"'»547.
English, 159.

French, 159, 235, 247, 248, $47-
Privy council, King^s, 570.
''Proceedings o( a G)nvention of Del-
egates Iron) the New England
States convened at Hartford De-
cember 15, 1814,*' 499.
Proctor, Capt. Jonathan, $63.

Kns. Samuel, 92.
Prospect street, 303, 396, 419, 448.

meeting-house, 436, 448, 449.
Protector (Massachusetts frigate), 209.
Prole&tant Episcopal church, 19$, 317,

318, 382,440, 500.
Prout, Mrs. Sarah, 212.
William W., 164.
William Welstead, 540.
William Wesley, 212, 540.
Providence, R. I., 81, 145, 314, 317,

3»8» 43<.
Provincial congress, 209.

N. H., 463.
Public library, 127, 176. I79t334, 35^,
395» 398, 402i 404-4 H. 4»3-4»7»
615. .

building, '178, 221, 264, 398, 415-
418, 420.

fund, 402.
Pudding lane, 243.
Punch I)Om1, 207, 208.
I'urchase street, 43, 180, 328, 350.
Putnam, Mis. Ann, 578.

Elizabelh, 298.

Col. Enoch, 104.

Francis W., 607.

Tames, 99.

Dr. Jaaies Jackson, 245, 404.

John, 519. 523, 525.

John J.. 609, 610.

Joseph, 97, 524.

Mary, 355.

Oliver, 298, 385, 386.

Mrs. Sarah, 385.

Thomas, 578.

Thorndike, 386.

Putnam Free school, 298, 338, 339,
341. 346, 353. 387-389. 390-392,
395.

QUARTER court, 580-582.
Quascacunquen lodge of I. O.
O. F., No. 39, 125-127.
Quascacunquen river, 56, 503.
Quebec, 88, 89, 204- 206.

Expedition to, 202, 204.
Queen of the Bay (schooner), 22.
Queen of the Merrimack (water l>arge),

74.
Queen street, 62, 121, 199, 213, 318,
219, 229.

Boston, 499.
Queen's wharf, 32, 34, 35, 219.
Quincy, Dorothy, 220.

Josiah, 267.
Quincy, Mass., 512, 513.
Quochecho river, 574.
Quoddy Bay, 354.

RABOTEAU, Charles C, 599.
Racklefft, Charles F., 526.
Rand, Charles, 291.
Edward, 137, 147, 170, 290, 598,

599.

Edward S., 147, 157, 170, 416, 492,
600.

Edward Sprague, 290.

George, 291.

Isaac, 290, 523.

Jane, 291.

John, 31, 290.

Margaret, 338, 550.

Maigaret Dennisjn, 291.

Mrs. Mariha, 290.

Mrs. Ruth, 290.
Randall, Moses D., 181, 182.
Randletl, Thomas L., 154.
Rattlesnake (iron collier), 78.
Ruwson, Edward, 56, 570-577.
Raybaurg, Alfred, 501.
Rayner, Humphrey, 581.
Read field. Me., 327.
Reading, Pa., 224.
Reading rooms, 175, 176, 179, 180,

410, 413.
Reasonable (English ship-of-war), 229.
Reaves, Samuel, 99.
Rel>ecca (schooner), 18.
Rebellion, Shay's, 511.
Reception to Gen. A. W. Greely, 344.
Reed (Read):

Anna D., 389.

Caleb, 527.

Daniel M., 171.

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Reed, J)avid, 300, 520.
Enoch M., 169, 605.
James, 149, 226, 417.
Mrs. Sarah, 226.
Selwyn C, 25.
Relit f of Aj»c<l Females, Society for

the, 138, 139. 382, 413.
Relief of Aged Men, Newburyport So-
ciety for the, 141.
Representatives lo general court, 103,
200, 203,209,212,214, 220, 228,
23s, 246,258, 261, 266, 271-273,
275. 279i 281-285, 302, 328, 335,
473. 477. 482, 484.49«. 504.5^5,
571.

Revere, , 243.

I'aul, 244.
Revivalists, 455-457-
Revolution, 189, 192, 194, 203, 209,
212, 214,216,258,329, 547, 548.
of 1689, 577.
American, 462.
French, 461.
Revolutionary relics, 331.
soldiers, 84-112.

war, 29, 51. 92, 103, 109, 110,223,
225, 228, 229, 234, 240, 242, 243,

285. 419* 453. 474. 508. 532,563.
578, 614.
Rhinebeck, N. Y., 292.
Rhode Island, 94, 100, 103, 105, 113,
125, 261.

Bishop of, 3 1 8.

coal, 367.

Expedition to, 293.
Richards, Alexander, 57.

Daniel, 158.

Ellen, 58.

Humphrey W., 95.

Rev. James, 532.

John, 97, 99.

Mary Leonard, 58.

Oliver, 104.

Sibyll, 58.

Mrs. Sibyll Sawyer, 57.
Richardson, Arthur C, 491, 608, 609.
Richmond, Va., 345.
Riflgeway, Sally, 349.
Right Arm (steam-tug), 25.
Riley, John, 105.
Ring^s island, Salisbury, 74, 76, 77,

155. 225, 349.
Rio Grande river, 322.
Rising Empire (ship), 392.
Rising Sun Tavern, 452, 453.
Road, Old Amesbury ferry, 13.

Curzon mill, 13.
Roaf, George M., 609.

Robbery, 274, 280.
Robbins, Captain, 23.

James, 526.
Roberts, Alice, 193.

Ann, 396.

David, 94, 97, 98.

Joseph, 603.

Rev. Oliver A., 123.

Parker, 336.

Robeit, 396, 545. 597-

Sarah, 396, 545.
Robeits college, 343.
Roberts street, 133.
Rol)ey, Capt. Joseph, 88.
Robinson, Alexander, 520.

Alice L., 354.

Eli/Abeth, 347.

Capt. John, 105.

Joshua Danforth, 335.

Mrs. Lucy P., 335.

Robert, 335.

William, 74.
Robinson, Robert, & Co., 335.
Robinson Seminary, Exeter, N. IL,

347.
Rochester, Mass., 308.
Rockport, Mass., 23, 494.

N. B.. 18.
Rock*s bridge, 462.

village, 480.
Rogers, Aaron, 1 10.

Alice, 63.

Andrew W., 154.

Benjamin, 29, 128.

Charles, 88, 520.

David, 97, 99.

Rev. Ezekiel, 581, 582.

(;eorge, 521.

George L., 63, 416.

Henry, 527.

Michael, 527.

Nathaniel, 526.

Ens. Reuben W., 524.

Sarah, 399.

Sere. Silas, 522.

William, 524.
Roeers street, 262.
Rolfe, Joseph, 33.

Joseph N., 494, 562.

Serg. Timothy, 105.
Rollings, Eliphalet, 94.

Joseph, 94.
Romona (ship), 244.
Ronney, Abijah, 96.
Ropewalks, 37.
Rose, Mrs. Esther, 430.

William, 430.
Rose (ship), 247.

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KoM cottage, 443, 445.
Ross, George E., 609, 610.
Rev. James H., 178.

John, 100.
ohaT.» 281.
Margaret Ann, 281.
Rowe, Jacob T., 608.
Rowell, Edward H., 287.

Joseph, 32.
Rowlc>s Mass., 15, 18, 89, 90, 305,
3»4t 3^5. 439-441. 443i 445. 468,
473. 493. 494, 4SK>, 554. 55«. 5««-
583.
Roxbury, Mass., 92, 261, 565.
Roxbury Carpet Mills, 398.
Ruby (brigantine), 1 56.
Ruggles, Theo Alice, 401.
Rural, Mount, 56-58.
Russ, William, no.
Russell, Albert, 71.
Edward P., 607.
Mrs. L. J. H., 389.
William, 158, 167.
Gov. WUliaui E., 340.
Russell, Albert, and Sons Company, 42.
Russia, 234, 249, 253.
Ryan, Sarah D., 356.

SACO, Me., 382, 414, 574.
Saco river, 495.
Sacred Music society, 181.
Sacramento, Cal., 71.
Salem, Mass,, 29, 33, 60, 80, 93, 124,
125, 133, 14a, i44i »5'. »75. '90.
192. 195. 197. a»9» "o» 232. 234.
247, 249, 257, 261, 268, 271, 280,
283, 295, 297,301, 375, 377, 381,
403, 404. 408, 480, 487. 495-499.
506. 532.537, 548. 549. 558. 578,
583, 614.
Salisbury, Mass., 20, 23, 74, 76, 77,
80, 89, 94, 95. «03, 109, 129, 155.
219, 225, 253, 279, 298, 468, 481,
493, 494. 529, 530. 559. 5^4. 577-
579. 592-594.
N. H., 307.
Salisbury beach, 78, 80, 81.
Salisbury Point, 23, 279, 298, 300, 462,

53>»568.
Sally Ann (brig), 247, 248.
Salt works, 529, 530.
Saltonstall, Captain, 293.
Capt. Dudley, 592.
Dr. Nathaniel, 129.
Richard, 577, 580, 581.
Samiloff, Prof. A., 341.

Mme. Anna, 341.
Sampson, Davenport & Co., 502.

Sampson & Murdock Co., 502.
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 502.
San Antonio, Tex., 335.
Sant>orn, Frank B., 375.

Greene, 601.
Sanl)ome, Harriet, 343.
San Diego, Cal., 343.
San Domingo, 468.
Sandgatc, Eng., 325.
Sandwich, Kentshire, Eng., 198.
Sandwich Islands, 254.
.Sandy beach, 20, 21.
San Francisco, Cal., 71, 138, 283,284,

411,413,417.
San Joaquin river, 71.
Santa Cruz, 225, 405.
Sarah (ship), 130, 372.

Wreck ol, 130.
Sarah (steamboat), 71.
Saratoga, N. Y., 315, 563.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 351.
Sargent, Aaron Augustas, ^3.

Aaron P., 283.

Abigail, 407.

Charles 11., 81, 615.

Charles R., 71.

Daniel, 546.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 283.

Mrs. Ellen Swett, 283.

John W., 24, 180, 612.

I.«onard W., 44.

Mrs. Mary, 546.

Miriam, 244.

Nathaniel Peaslee, 577.

Robert G., 608.

WillUm H., 153.
Saturday Evening Union, 327.
Saturday Night (newspaper), 329.
Saunders, Benjamin, 153.

George, 104.

William, 527.
Savage, Mrs. Mehitable, 589.

Thomas, 589.
Savannah, Ga., 275, 320, 345.455. 45^
Sawmill at Pine island, 562.
Sawyer, Albert P., 44.

Elizabeth, 215.

Dr. Enoch, 291, 588.

Mrs. Hannah, 405.

Hannah Farnham, 292.

Dr. J. H., 309.

Mary Ann, 292.

Matthias Plant, 405.

Micajah, 57, 128, 129, 164, 258,
260, 288, 291-293.

Dr. Moses, 405.

Mrs. Sibyll, 57, 260, 291.

William, 292.

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Sawyer Hill burying ground, 1 10.
Saxon ville, Mass., 398.
Sayres, Capt. Robert, 503.
Say ward, Jonathan, 104.
Scarborough, Me., 266, 467.
Schalkwyck, Mrs. Mary Van, 271.
Schley, Capt. Winfield S., 344.
Schofield Brothers, 147.
School books, 341.

committee, 278.

Decoration of, 185.

District, 327, 385.
No. 2, 385.

Evening, 298.

funds. Contributions to, 385.

Grammar, 227, 230, 244.

teachers, 280, 313, 327, 331, 332,
338, 339» 400» 4071 408, 410, 436,
438,48i»55«»553»555. 556.

houses, 387, 447i 47o. 480, 534-
537.
Schoolhouse, Charles street, 534-537.
School street, 315, 457, 458.
Schools, 338-340, 351, 353, 358, 407,

408, 414.477, 481,500-
Schooners, 17-20, 22-27, 69, 79, 221-

223, 225. 252.
Schuyler, Mrs. Mary Ann, 292.

Philip Jeremiah, 292.
Scituate, Mass., 281, 514.
Scotland. 155, 208, 245, 407, 465.
Scott, Mrs. iiannah, 554.

Joel, 161, 554.

John, 521, 549, 554, 600.

Mrs. Mary, 554.

Robeit, 363.

Walter, 175, 465.
Scottish rite, Masons, 322.
Seabrook, N. H., 419.
Sea Fencibles, 239, 5 1 5.
Seamen^s Friend Society, American,

142.
Searle, George, 164, 201, 598.

Mrs. Mary Russell, 201.

Ens. William, 92.
Sears, John Henry, 13, 14, 539'
Seaver, Edwin P., 340.
Second church, Newbury, 180, 498.

Scarborough, Me., 467.
Second Presbyterian church, 320, 552.
Second Unitarian church, New Yoik

city, 512.
Secretary of Massachusetts Bay Colo-

ony. 573-576.

Seelye, Charles D., 391.

Selectmen, 46-49, 51, 52, 60,' 91, 597-

602.
Senate, State, 221, 261, 265, 268.

Senate, United States, 329, 331.

chamber, Philadelphia, Fa., 470.
Senatorial districts, 278, 493, 494.

Division into, 278.
Senators, SUle, 252,271-273,277, 281,
283, 402, 469, 485.49>-494, S^S*'
United States, 266, 267, 283.
Serapis (vessel), 531.
*' Sermon Delivered November 26,
1808, at the Interment of the Rev.
Thomas Cary," etc., 499.
*' Sermon by Rev. Isaac Braman at
the Ordination of the Rev. Gardi-
ner B. Perry," etc., 500.
** Sermon Delivered March 9, 1 819, at
the funeral of the Rev. Samuel
Spring, D. D.,*' 500.
*^ Sermon Occasioned by the much
lamented Death of Col. Moses
Titccmb,»* etc., 499.
Sermons, 129, 279, 320, 348,'433i 437,
440, 448, 495-499, 501, 5»2»532«
Scwall, Mrs. Anne, 580.
MrF. Ellen, 580.
Henry, 58a 582.
Mrs. Margaret, 580.
Sharon, Conn., 556.
Shatluck, Dr., 305.

Shaw, , 481.

Benjamin, 564.
Charle?, 367.

Edward P., 45, 66, 73, 76, 80, 494.
Holland, 51.
James P., 494.
Dr. John W., 310.
Mary Ann, 389.
5)aimitl, no.
William, 517, 521, 524-
Shays, Daniel, 511.
Shay *s rebellion, 511.
Shenandoah (schooner), 27.
Shepard, Col. Edward O., 62, 252.
Capt. Isaac, 71.
Mrs. Mary Coffin, 252.
Shepherd, Sarah Perkins, 415.
Shepherdsville, Ky., 410.
Shillaber, Mrs. Dorcas, 558.

Ebenezer, 558.
Ship street, 235, 243.
Ship-builders, 241, 242, 311.

carpenters, 207, 210, 211, 233, 243,

262.
roaster?, 215, 216, 239, 242, 253,

5 '5. 564.
owners, 4 '3, 474, 5^4 •
wrecks, 16-20, 22-26, 130, 201.
wrichts, 233, 262.
yards, 113, 207, 209, 241-243, 594.

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Ships, i8, 130, iS5-«57t 1631205, 207,

208, 212, 213, 215, 221, 229, 239,

243, 244, 246, 247, 250-254, 325,

35S»357, 372,392, 461, 503. 5",

„^ 592,596.

Short, Chailes, 524.

George, 524.

Joseph, jr., 524.

Moses, 110, 112.

Nicholas, 523.

Richard, no.

Capt. Samuel, 23.
Sign of the PaiDters* Arms, 16, 348.
Sign of the Pestle and Mortar, 301.
Sign of General Wolfe, 120.
Sign, Wolfe taTern, 120, 350.
Si(;ourney, Mrs. L. II., 501.
Silk Company, Newbury port, 148.
Silk, Culture of, 148.
Silloway, Daniel, 371.

las., 527, 528.

John, 88.

Joseph, 518, 520, 523.

Wm., 527.
Silver buckles, 309.
Silver Greys, 515.
Silver Star (steamboat), 72.
Silver ware, 173, 399, 400, 428, 447.
Simpson, Mrs. Abigail, 397.

Adam, 105.

Mis. Elirabeth D., 398.

Mrs. Evangeline, 398.

John, 105.

Mabel, 564.

Michael H.,418.

Michael Hodge, 397, 398.

Paul, 397.

Susan, 389.

Thomas C, 131, 287, 537, 564, 608,
609.
<< Simpson Annex,'* 413.
Singing, 180-184.

l)ooks, 59, 180.
Sixth regiment, 272, 330.
Sixty-fourth regiment, 190.
Skeels, Amos, 524.
Skinner, Mrs. Frances Ellen, 352.

Frank Bevan, 352, 353.

Dr. George W., 309.
Slavery, 317, 328,461.
Slaves, 317,497-
Sloops, 17, 27, 211, 221, 225, 596.

of war, 297,405, 511.
Small, Capt. J., 20.

Smibert, , 258.

Smith, Anthony, 521, 601.

Augusta J., 140.

Caroline, 57.

Smith, Charles P., 30.
Charles T., 287, 606, 607.
Daniel, 31, 522.
Daniel H., 71.
Mrs. Dorothy, 57, 260.
Edmund, 445, 447.
Mrs. Elizabeth, 414.
Elizabeth F., 414.
Ephraim, 524.
Ephraim I., 516-520.
Euphemia, 327.
Mrs. E. Vale, 117, 614.
Foster, 326, 523.
Hannah, 504.
Mrs. Harriet Maria, 219.
Mrs. II. M., 183.
Ilod, 525.
Isaac, 88, 129.

{ames, 104.
.t. Jared, 92.

Jeremiah, 10^, 404.

Joel, 523.

John, 88.

John Adams, 219.

John H., 177.

Jonathan, 607.

JosUh, 57, 58, 89, 260, 587, 598.

Justin, 137.

Leonard, 28, 32, 65, 599.

Mrs. Margaret, 260, 587.

Martha, 252.

Mrs. Mary, 57.

Mrs. Mary Euphemia. 326, 327.

Dr. Mayo, 326. ,

Mary Vale, 327.

Nathaniel, 144.

Rachel, 554.

Rebecca, 564.

Richard, 112, 598.

Samuel, ^26.

Sarah, 2^4.

Sibyll Sawyer, 57.

Stephen, 104.

Lt. Sylvanus, 92.

Rev. Thomas, 468.

Washington, 414.

Wm., 526.

WooHer, 502.
Smith & Parmenter, 314.
Smilh*s couil, 326.
Smither, James, 363.
Snelling, Dr. ^^iniam, 288.
Snow, Dr. Frank W., 310.

Dr. Geoige W., 309.
Snow storms, 16, 17, 40, 407.
Society of American artists, 355, 359.
Society for the Relief of Aged Females,

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Society for the Relief of Aged Men, 141.
Soldieii, 109, 185, 243, 325, 399i400.

and iai]ors» 185.

hoine» Chelsea, 345.

Monument association, 400.

at Plum island, 515-524.

of the Revolution, 84-112, 511.
Somerby, Abiel, 32.

Arthur, 519, 523.

C A,, 125.

Daniel, in.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 317.

Enoch, 526.

John, 31.

Joseph, 15, 428.

Moses, no, in.

lliomas, 47, 123, 516, 517, 523.

William, 517.
Somerby*s landing;, 419.
Somerswoith, N. H., 245.
Somerville, Mass., 244.
South America, 385, 392, 393, 398.
South Carolina, 278, 371, 474.
South church, Ipswich, 495, 497, 498.
South End Reading Room association,

179.
South Hampton, N. H., 298.
South Newmarket, N. H., 382.
South Portsmouth, R. I., 319.
South sUeet, 397, 439.
Spain, 150, 174,229,482,484,500,532.

Minister to, 484.
Spamins, Peter, 104.
Spalding, Jeptha, 121, 122.

Julia B., 142.

Oliver, 521.

Prescott, 31, 600.

Samuel J., 171, 177, 329, 348, 473,
536.

Sarah J., 143.
Spencer, Elizabeth, 446, 447.

George, 448.

JereiSah, 104.

John, 447, 503.

Joseph, 448.

Thomas, 447.

WUIiam, 447.
Spencer-Pierce house, 461 .
Spitter, Daniel, 532.
Spofford, Dr. Amos, 305, 558.

Dr. Daniel H., 309.

Mrs. Frances, 284.

Mrs. Frances Maria, 305, 558.

Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth, 284, 341,

342.
Mrs. Irene, 305, 558.
Jesse, 105.
Richard S., 32, 44, 149, 163, 28^

a87, 305» 309.341. 343. 5o». 558.

Spofford, Dr. Richard Smith, 284.

Richard Spofford, 341.
Spoooer, Hannah Jones, 468.
Sprague, Archibald, 52.

Mrs. Catherine, 301.

Edward, 289.

John, 27, 288. 290, 597.

Dr. Lawrence, 102 ,232, 300, '301.

Martha, 289, 290.

Mary, 289, 290.

Michael, 289.

Mrs. Prudence, 289.

Ruth, 289, 290.

Mrs. Sarah, 102, 103, 300, 301.

William, 289.
Spring, Mrs. Fanny M., 4ft.

John, 88.

Capt. John Hopkim, 4n.

John R., 138,417. •

John Rand, 4 n -4 1 3.

Lewis, 524.

Samuel, n2, 129, 134, 348, 500,

524.533.

Mrs. Sarah Ann, 411.
Spring street, 309.
Stackpole, Mrs. Sarah Creese, 476.

WiUiam, 476.
Stacy, Ruth, 281, 551, 552.
Stall, John G., 521.
St. Aloysius de Gonraya, Church of,

235.
Stallard, Thomas, 525.
Standard Oil Company, 155.
Standish, Me., 3n.
St. Andrew^s church, 317, 318.
Stanhope, Lady Hester, 480.
Staniford, Margaret, 260.

Mary, 272.
Stanley, Benjamin F., 609.
Stanwood, Atkinson, 138.
Daniel, 516, 517.
Joseph, 97, no.
Michael, 98.
Thomas, 37, no.
William, 522.
Star Island, Isles of Shoals, 547^

Stone chapel on, 548.
Startled Fawn (steamboat), 76.
State house, 93, 106, 274, 405, 407.

Pennsylvania, 470.
State street, 16, 36, 53, n4, n7, 120,
123, 125, 126, 145, 146, 156, 158,
167-172, 174, 176, 194. 197. 201.
213, 3i6, 218, 219, 221, 225-227,
257, 261, 275, 289, 293, 300^ 301,
305. 306, 309. 3'9. 330, 336, 348-
35O1 352. 378, 405, 406. 408, 413,
416,417, 420, 439, 453, 454, 463,
473, 499. 500, 533, 550-553, 556.

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SUte miiverfity, La., 109.
St. Barbe, Captain, 221.

Lydia, 319, 220.
Steamboat!, 23, 25, 69-75, 77» 78» 80,

81.
Steamers, Line of, 393.
Steam gun, 368.

navigatioo, 69.
Stearo-tugs, 20, 2$, 74-76, 78, 79, 81.
Stearns, Eben S., 125, 339.

Esekiel, 104.
Stebbins, C, 367.
Stedman, Ebenezer, 31, 521.

Sarah, 102.
Steele, Ebenezer, 234.

Mrs. Mary, 234.
Stereotype plates, 365-368.
Stetson, Mr., 454.
Stetson, Prince, & Co., 377, 378.
St. Eustatius, 22j.
Stevens, Albert W., 416, 493.

Benjamin, 522.

Charles B., 72.

Cyrus P., 63.

Frank E., 21.

George H., 613.

Hannah M., 317.

Isaac, 602.

John, 94, 105, 521.

John P., 153.

Joseph, 91.

Rev. Josiah, 548.

Michael, 526.

Moses, 604*

Samuel, 72, 417.

Serg. Saul, 522.
Stickney, , 498.

Mrs. Abigail, 241.

Amos, 112.

Andrew, 112.

pJeb, ^8.

David. 63.68, 215, 556.

Dorothy, 280, 550.

Edward S., 414.

Mrs. Elixa, 215.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 63, 414.

Elizabeth Le Breton, 63.

Enoch, 520.

Eunice, 226.

George E., 610.

Hannah, 508.

Hannah Lee, 63.

Capt. Jacob, 525.

ieremiah, 68.
ohn, 32, 94, 97, 98. 597. 598.
onathan, 241.
oseph, 519, 525.
Mrs. Mary, 550.

Stickney, Mary Thurston, 63.

Peter Le Breton, 63.

Samuel, 94.

William, 88, 112, 550.
Stickney's lane, 63.
Stiles, Bertha May, 391.

Dr. Charles W., 309.
Stimpson, Capt. E. E., 73.
Si. John, N. B., 25, 448.
St. John, the Baptist, 121, 122.

Festival of, 27is, 498.
St. John*s lodge of Freemasons, 1 19,

120. 122, 123, 276.
St. John river, 96.
St. LAwrerce gulf, 379.

river, 379.
St. Loub, Mo., 281, 321. 347, 356.
St. Lucie, Island of, 349.
St. Mark^s lodge of Freemasons, 123,

ai5. «76, 350.
St. Msr)'*s church. 319.
Stocker, , 385.

Ebenezer, 29, 128, 129, 157, 164*

303. 349. 599-

John, 199.
Stockman, Charles C, 610.

John, 97.99.

Michael, 91, 97.

William, 31.
Stockton, Cal., 71.
Stoddard, llioroas, 527, 528.
Stoddert, Ben, 593, 595.
Stone, Corp. Daniel, 518.

Eben F., 114, 175, 176, 178, 214.
258. 287, 292, 400, 416, 418. 493,
606.

Eben Francis, 282, 48^-487.

Ebenezer, 254, 282, 485, 601.

Mrs. Elira, 339.

Mrs. Fanny, 254, 282, 485.

Mrs. Harriet, 282, 487.

Isaac, 136, 6cx>.

Jacob, 169, 174, 339, 600.

John, 44, 88, 96-98, 104, 525, 602.

Louisa P., 389.

Louisa Parsons, 339.

Mary, 210, 560.

Richard, 149, 168, 361, 601.

Sarah Moody, 254, 395.

Thomas B., 519, 524.

William, 31, 519.
Stonman. John, 97, 98.

William, 91.
Stoodley, Betsey, 235, 239, 317.
Storey avenue, no, in, 186,399, 401.
Story (Storey):

Judge, 311.
Irs. Anna Gertrude, 92.

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Slonr, CaroliM A. W., 64.

Charles W., 64, 92, 225.

Dr. Eliiha, 91.

Elizabeth, 92, 306.

Joseph, 372.

Mrs. Lydia, 9a.

Ljdia M., 64, 225.

Mariana Teresa, 92.

Mrs. Mary, 92.

Moorfielcl, esc|., 92.

Susan, 92.

Susan Tappan, 92.

William, 92.
Stover, Joseph, 526.
St. PauPs church, 59, 121, 122, 129,
180, 199, 201, 203, 213, 219, 268,
3041 3»4i 3«2, 382, 500, 536, 590.

Brookline, Mass., 382.

Windsor, Vt., 382.

churchyard, 11 1, 120, 155, 194-196,
198, 199, 201-203, 213, 214,216,
218, 219, 263, 267, 268, 29s, 308,

452, 545-
St. Peter^s charity fund, 122, 123.
St. Peter^s lodge. of Freemasons, 120-

123, 215, 275, 276.
Street improvements, 396.
railways. 77, 78.
sprinkling, 398, 533.
Streets, 14, 15, 18, 19, 31, 32, 61-63,
67, 68.
numbered, 533.
Strong, Caleb, 271, 467.

Martha, 272.
Strong street, 68, 148, 197, 198, 308,

309, 422.
Strover, Miss., 198.
St. Thomas* church, Dover, N. H.,

382.
Sudbury, Mass., 219.
Suffolk county, Mass., 284, 409, 574.
Sullivan, General, 100, 103, 113, 293.
Summer street, 58, 59.
Summers, James, 94, 97, 98.
Sumner, Ann, 285.

Eben, 65, 169, 400.

Ebeneser, 65, 66.

Marv F., 66.

Mkhael, 524.
Sumner, Swasey & Currier, 400.
Sunbeam (schooner), 20.
Superior court, 41.

New Hampshire, 476.
Supreme court, 262, 266-269, 279,
284,286,404,471.482.

United States, 484.
Surgeons, 293, 296-298, 301, 303, 305.
Surprise (English fri^te), 249.

Swain, Cornelia, 351.

Jacob, 521.

Levi, 550.

Mrs. Maria, 351.

Mrs. Phebe, 350.

WiUiam, 350, 351.
Swallow (sloop), 225.
Swan, Richard, 88.
Swansea, (ireat Britain, 234.
Swasey, Henry S., 399.

John B., 287.

Joseph. 30, 208.

Samuel, 234, 518, 525.

Mrs. Sarah, 399.

Mrs. Susan, 40a

William II., 44, 45, 144, 178, 399,
400, 417, 418.
Sweat, Edward, jr., 30.

Enoch, 93.
Sweet, Edmund, 521.

Jonathan, 517.
Sweetser, Serg. Benjamin G., 521.

Mrs. Edith A., 346.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 346.

Moses, 177, 346.

Moses Foster, 346.

Mrs. Sally, 132, 133.
Swett, Mrs. Abigail, 560.

Mrs. Chark)tte, 294, 404,

Daniel, 600.

Edmund, 31, 161, 167, 251, 509,
560.

Dr. John B., 119, 124, 125.

Dr. John Barnard, 293-295, 404.

Joseph (Barnard), 191, 192.

Mrs. Luda, 404.

Mrs. Mary, 560.

Ruth, 191, 194.

Samuel, 224, 225, 293, 402, 404,

40s. 541.

Sarah B., 251, 509.

WiUiam B., 371.
Swett, William B., & Co., 404.
Symonds, Mark, 31, 72, 151, i69t 416.

TABERNACLE, The, 59, 60.
Tabernacle church, Salem, 532.
Tabard, Mrs. Ann T., 400.

^rus Henry, 400.
Talbot, Nathaniel, 522.
Tankard, Silver, 243, 244.
Tapley, William, 105.
Task, Oxford, 104.
Taunton, Mass., 255, 270.
Tavern on Deer island, 122.

Wolfe, 156, 378.
Taverns, 29, 84, 117, 120, 122, 156,
37«.

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Taylor, Josq>b, 521,

Teal, Israel, 88.

Teel, WUliam, 84.

Teling, John, 96.

Tempciance, 314, 315, 317, 325, 326,

328.
Temple, John, 272.

Lucy, 272.
Temple street, 37, 38, 52, 59, 60, 119,

228, 234, 293, 294, 556.
Tenney, Daniel Ingalls, 399, 417.
Edward, 105.
Hiram A., 177.
Lois, 558.
Richard, ^99.
' Mrs. kntb, 399.

Samuel, 137, 157, 160, 170.
TennisoD, William, 522.
Tewksbury, Mass., 477.
Thacher, Betiey Hayward, 275.
Elizabeth Jones, 559.
lion. Georg«, 286, 559.
Harriet, 238,
Dr. James, 275, 297.
Peter, 286.
Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.,
321.
Andover, 580.
Third Essex senatorial district, 494.
Third Massachusetts congressional dis-
trict, 481.
Third Parish church, 565.
Third Parish meeting-house, 291.
Third Parish in Newbury, 49.
Third Religious society, 459.
Thomas, Abigail, 225.
Mrs. Ann, 267, 544.
Catherine, 301.
Isaiah, 377.

Mrs. Martha. 266, 267.
Peter, 97.

Thomas, 89, 100, 112, 221, 238,
250, 266, 267, 301, 421, 544.
'Thoitias & Tinges, 495.
Thomas & Whipple, 372, 375, 425,

497i 499-
Thomaston, Me., 23, 399.
Thompson, Amos A., 178.

Amos H., 391.

Lt. Caleb, 88.

Daniel, 328.

George, 523.

Hugh, 94.

John, 103, 495.

Mrs. Persis Matilda, 328.

Sarah, 133.

Sarah Arabella, 328.

Thomas, 598, 599.

"Thorn Cottage, or the Poet's Home/*

Tboroton, Hannah, 463.

James, 463.

Dr. Matthew, 463, 464.
Thornton ferry, Merrimack, N. H.,

464.
Threadneedle alley, 120, 156, 408, 454.
Three Brothers (steamboat), 80,
Thurlo, Moody A., 162.
Thorlow, WilUam, 607.
Thuriow Weed (sU^-tng), 74, 78, 79-
Thurston, Enoch, 60, 61, 251.

John, 61.

Martha, 61.

Stephen, 168.
Thurston ft Cdlman, 44.
Tibbetts, RuaseU S., 179.
TIdd, Peter, 18.
TIgh, Dr. Frederkk, 309.
Tigris (vessel), 327.
Tilton, Daniel, 525.

Dudley D., 171.

^. J. F., 77.

Dr. Jamei A., 309.

John, 417.

John C, 80.

John E., 502.

John G., 325.

Phebe, 281, 513.

St^hen, 31, 161, 167, 417, 521,

Tilton, Stephen, h Company, 417.
Tiney, John, 523.
Tinges, Henry Walter, 495, 510.
Tingley, Mrs. Katherine, 431.
Titcomb, Captain, 515.

Albert C, 609.

B. B., 137.

Benaiah, 48, 54.

CiMurle*. 537.

Edward, 522.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 54.

Enoch, 54. "i, 246, 492. 597.
George, 136.
Hannah Dummer, 102.
Henry, 31, 168.

{eremiah, 525.
ohn B., 31, 599.
John H., 525.

Jonathan, 32, 86, 89, 94, 99-103,
, III. 113. 598.
Joseph, 32, 199.
Joseph Moody, 282.
Joshua, 89, 112, 246.
Josiah, 102.
Martha, 102, 267.
Martha Frothingham, 282.

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Titcomb, Mrs. Mary, io2.

Michael, 43, 99, 112.

Miriaaa, 216, 218.

Moses, 104, 216, 499.

CtpL Oliver, 563.
- Capt. Paul, 521.

Prudence, 289.

Sarah, 54, 102, 103, 300, 301.

Zebulon, 99.
Titcomb house, 53-56.
Titcomb, Gen. Jonathan, Residence f>f,

102.
Titcomb street, 31, 40, 305, 307, 309.
Todd, Mrs. Betsey, 334, 410.

Ebenezer, 334, 410. -

Eli, M. D., 501.

Francis, 301, 317, 524-

Julia Ann, 409.

Mrs. Martha W., 67.

Thomas, 523.

William B., 41 7.

William C, 176-178, 427.

William Qeaves, 334. 410, 411.
Toggerson, Capt. Jamesi 20.
••Tom Folio,'* 336, 337.
Tomb, Rev. Samuel, 498.
Tonsburg, Norway, 139.
Topography, 13, 14.
Toppan (Tappan) :

CapUin, 594.

Abraham, 451.

Amos, 600.

Ann G., 144.

Benjamin, 93, 525.

Benjamin Henry, 97, 98.

Caleb, 222.

Charles, 368, 395, 396, 554.

Edward, 29, no, iii, 156, 554,
602, 603.

Elizabeth, 57, 241-243.

Enoch, 451.

Enoch Gark, 453.

Enoch Colman, 451-45J.

Fanny, 242, 306.

Hannah, 222, 540.

Harriet, 552.

Capt. Isaac G., 18.

Jacob, 57.

Jeremiah P., 136, 521.

John, 37, III.

Joseph, 447.

Mrs. Joseph, 447.

Joshua, 306, 556, 600.

Mrs. Laura Ann, 395, 554.

L^dia, 223.

Marcia, 210.

Margaret, 306, 556.

Mrs. Mary, 451, 453.

Toppan, Mary Chase, 473.

Michael, 32.

Dr. Peter, 288.

Mrs. Rachel, 554.

Robert N., 178.

Robert Noxon, 395.

Sarah, 270, 402, 451.

Mrs. Sarah Moody, 395. . '7'^

Sewall, 37, 600.

Stephen, no, iii.

Wigglesworth, 112.
Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co.,

35'. 368.
Toppan's lane, 57, 58, 257, 304, 469.
Toppan street, 56, 172, 401.
' Topsfield, Mass., 280, 297, 468, 494,

549. 555-
Topshani, Me., 553.
Torrens, Prof. L. A., 183.
Towie, El:i;abeth A., 391.

Samuel E., 604-
Towle Maoufactoring Company, 400.
Town clerks, 242, 274, 306.

Newbury, 571.
Town crier, 50-53.

hall, 1 14* 1369 138, 170, 174, 181.

house, 84.
Newbury, 174.
Salem, 190.
Towne, Joseph B., 31.
Tracy, , 228.

Eleanor St. Birbe, 219.

Elizabeth, 218, 219.

Hannah, 216, 220, 244, 245, 269,

403.

Harriet Maria, 219.

Helen, 142.

Henrietta, 242.

Henrietta Louisa, 219.

John, III, 119, 195, 216, 218, 460.

Mrs. Lydia, 219, 220.

Matthew, 218.

Mrs. Miriam, 216, 218, 219. -

Nathaniel, 119, 195, 196, 209, 216,
221, 461, 49«i 598.

Nicholas, 116. 216, 218-220, 584.

Patrick, 88, 216, 217, 220.

Prince, 104.

Robert, 218.
Tracy house, 114, 117, 176, 264, 413,

416, 420.
Training green, 295, 327.
Trask, Lt. Moses, 88.

Oxford, 97, 98.
Treadwell, Mary, 439, 555.
Treasurer, City, 537, 613.

County, <o,

Town,

ty,Jo.
, 381.

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Treaties of peace, io6, 136, 484, 531.

with France, 531.

of Washington, 484.

of 18 1 5, 136.
Tredick, Dorcas, 138.
Trenton, N. J., 266.
Trerecca, Wales, 448.
Trinity college, 3«7. 3"8.
Trowbridge, Judge, 257.
Troy, N.Y., 279, 551.
True, Ezekiel, 516, 525.

Jemima, 578.
Truesdall, Anemas W., 519, 520, 533.

Trumbull, , 232.

Trusdale, A.W., 517.
Tucker, Captain, 206.

Benjamin, 16, 348, 349.

Ichabod, 375.

Rev. John, 348, 496.

Mrs. Sally, 349.

Mrs. Sarah, 348.
TufU, Rev. John, 180.

John W., 334.

Oxford, 91.

Samuel, 598.

Simeon, 599.
Tupper, Col. Benjamin, 90.

Joseph, 524.
Turkey hill, 87, 88.
Turner, Timothy, esq., 595.

Col. William, 105.
Tuttle, Charles W., 287, 408.

Gov. Hiram A., 464.

John B., 72.
Twelfth Massachusetts regiment, 91.
Twitchell, Dr., 305.
Two-hundredth' anniversary celebra-
tion, 274.
^<Two Sermons addressed to the Sec-
ond Presbvterian Society in Ncw-
buryport," etc., 500.
Tyerman, Rev. L., 457.
Tyler, William II., 520.
Tyng, Name of, 267.
Tyng family, 43.
Tyng, Dudley A., 124, 125, 128, 129,

I47» 492.

Dudley Atkins, 164, 201, 228, 267,
268, 281, 548, 552, 579.

Mary Cabot, 281, 552.

Mrs. Sarah, 268.

Rev. Stephen H., 332.

Rev. Stephen Iligginson, 268.
Tyng street, 41, 335-
Tyngsborough, Mass., 267, 268.
Tyson, G. E., 327.

UHLER, Mrs. Frances Ellen, 352.
Nicholas Biddle, 352.

Unicom street, 67.
Union Fire society, 29, 30.
Union hall, 122, 123, 125, 157, 158.
Union Marine and Fire Insurance Com-
pany, 158.
Union Mutual Marine Insurance Com-
pany, 162.
Union Press, 502.
Unk)n street, 154, 179, 196, 297.
United Rebekah lodge 01 I. O. O. F.,

No. 13, 127.
United States, 203-205, 228, 230, 2469
249, 270, 272, 277, 278, 298, 307,
3«8i 345-347. 354. 356. 377, 406,
4»>7. 433. 461, 462, 465* 466, 473i
474, 478, 482, 484, 531.
•raiy, 344.
circuit court, 284.
constitution, 266, 396.
consul, 392.
dbtrict attorney for Massachusetts,

281.
district court, 261.

government, 123, 212, 344, 346.
fe saving service, 22, 27.

life saving station, 21.

naval transport service, 565.

senators, 214, 266, 267.

signal corps, 343.
Unity (sloop), 221.
Univeisalist church, Boston, 460.
University of Pennsylvania, 268.
Upham, Captain, 23.

Phineas, 275.

Susan, 275.
Upper ereen, 185.
Upper long wharf, 218, 229.
Utica, N. Y„4ii.

VALE, Gilbert, 326,
Mrs. Ilepsibah, 326.
Mary Euphemia, 326.

Valparaiso, Chile, 283, 392, 393.

Van Baggen, Parker & 0»., 248.

Van Buren, Rev. James II., 24, 348.

Van Humel, , 248.

Varina, Edward E., 45.
Ni.holas, 72. *

Vattamore, Alexandre, 464-466.

Vatter, Capt. Henry, 75, 80.

Vengeance (privateer), 250, 267.

Vergnies, Francis, 1 70.

Vcrmilye, Rev. Ashbel G., 348.

Vesseb, 16-20, 2327, 46, 74, 90, 92,
«oj, 155, 157-160, 192, 205, 207,
208, 216, 221-223, 225, 228, 234,
242, 243, 246-250, 253, 317,325.
327, 392. 393. 407, 474* 515. 531.
547. 548, 592-596.

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Vesta (yacht), 83.

Vestal (English frigate), 249.

Veteran Artillery association, 1 14, 1 1 7,

118.
Vickery, Joshua, 46.

William, 526.
Victoria Milb, 151, 152.
Views of Newbaryport, froniispiree^

15, 16.
Vigilant Fire society, 31, 32.
ViHard, Mrs. Henry, 317.
Virginia (schooner), 23.
"Vision,"" A,*' 263,541.
VoUon, A., 356.

WADE, Colonel, 100.
Mrs. G. K. B., 310.

Nathaniel, 88, 90, 440.

Ro1)ert, 98.
Wadleigh, Benjamin 11., 51 9> 524*
Wadlin, MelvinT., 608.
Wainwright, Francis, 198..

Mary, 198, 200.
Waite, Sarah, 242.
Waite, J. B., & Co., 278.
Waldoborough, Me., 286.
Wales, Herbert E., 81.
Walker, Charies, 520.

EleazerR., 71.

Isaac, 59.
Wallabout cemetery, 323.
Wallace, WUliam H., 613.
Walnut Hill cemetery. West Newbury,

Walsh, Ebeneser, 522.

James, 31.

Michael, 279, 298, 311, 481.
Walter, Samuel, 525.
Waltham, Mass., 245.
Walton, Elisa, 320.

Mrs. Margaret, 320.

Rev. William C, 320.
Wanderer (steam-tug), 80.
War between France and England,
210, 211, 376.

in Germany, 460.

of 1812, 159, 239,313.

Mexican, 482.
War, B?ard of, loi, 102, 220.

Declaration of, 278.

department, 314.

Secretary of, 203.
Ward, , 407.

James, 94, 97, 98.

Rev. Nathaniel, 256.

Pickering, 18.
Wam*r, Nathaniel, 518, 525.
Warner Cotton Mills, 151, 152.

Warren, Rev. Edward, 532.

Joseph, 121, 350.

Capt. Nathaniel, 88, 92.
Warren (brigantine), 592.
Warren (United SUtes ship-of-war),

594-596.
Warren street, 309.
Warriner, Mary, 275.
Warville, John Pierre Brisrot de, 461.
Wajthburn, Rev. Edward A., 348.

Gov. William B., 445.
Washington, General, 99, 106-108,

350.
George, 106, 114, 136, 228, 270,

276,416,422,460,498.
Mrs. George, 469.
Washington, D. C, 21, 22, 92, 169,

214, 276, 283, 284, 292, 314, 320,

322. 329, 331, 338, 341, 344, 346,

410, 417, 473» 474.477. 478, 480-

482, 484, 485, 565.
Washington hall, 122, 123, 129, 163.
Washington street, 31, 196, 197, 229,

262, 297,300, 302, 307, 334. 347.

358.
Washington Benevolent society, 13^,

278.
Washington's birthday, 135.
Washington Light Guard, 114.
Washington Light artillery, 114.
Washington Light infantry, 116, 117,

5>5-
Washington, Statue of, 319, 399, 422.
Washingtonian Total Abstinence socie-

tyi 315-

Wasp (United States sloop-of-war),

405.
Water street, 31, 151, 152, 207, 210-
212, 216, 222, 237, 239, 240, 242,
a95. 327» 347» 39^, 400, 463, 566.
Waterman, Luther, 160, 212.

Mr«. Mar)', 212.
Waters, Mrs. Oars, 347, 348.

Mrs. Clara Erskine, 225.

Mrs. Gara Erskine (Clement), 92.

Edwin Forbes, 347, 348.

Lillian H., 343,

Rachel, 197.

Samuel, 197.
Watertown, Mass., 209, 220, 257.
Waterville, Me., 71, 222.
Watkirs, Andrew, 289.

Elizabeth, 289.

John, 289.

William, 289.
Waltel, Benjamin, 97.
Wnttn, Doctor, 497.
Wauwinet (steam-tug), 76.

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Woure, N. H., 315.

Webb, George J. » 181.

Webber, Mn. Anna Winslow, 564.

Caroline, 564.

George, 564.

John, 104, 563.

John A., 564.

Matilda, 564.

Mil. Rachel, 563,

Mrt. Rebecca, 564.

Samuel, 104, ^63, 564.

Mrs. Saiah, 564.

Sophia, 564.
Webtter, Benjamin, 100, 334, 352,

473. 474, 592, 594.

Daniel, 274, 276, 277, 280, 282.

John, 50.

Rebecca, 28a

Washington, 516.
Weed, Lt. Charles, 94.

Daniel, 447.
Weil, Dr, Conrad, 411.
Weld, RcY. Erra, 57, 258, 260.

Mrs. Hannah, 57, 260.
Welch, George H., 180, 613.

John, 103.

Jonathan C, 525.

William, 524.

WUIiamH., 127.
WeUs, Daniel, 527, 528.

John, 252, 523.

Mrs. Martha, 252.

Richard, C20, 523.

Mrs. Sarah, 252, 253.

William H., 387.

WUliam V., 106.
WelU, Me., 574.
Wendell, Dr. Cobum D., 310.
Wendell, N. H., 290.
Wenham, Mass., 301, 302, 468, 494.
Wentworth, Joseph, $24.
Wesley, Charles, 455.

John, 455.
Wessacumcon Steam Mills, 149, 236.
West Indies, 156, 189, 213, 214, '216,
223, 225, 226, 228, 234, 247, 250,
253. 297. 349. 392. 427» 557,
564.
West Newbury, Mass., 15, 63, 148,
178180, 193, 226, 277, 327-329,
33', 354, 385, 402, 406. 462, 466,
491, 493, 494, 5SI, 55^.
West Newton, Mass., 339.
Weston, Job, 612,

Luther, $27.
Wetmore, Mrs. Eliza, 271.
Wharf of Wm. Coombs, esq., 130.

Jackson*s, 68.

Wharves, 15, 34, 35, 68, 71, 7«. I3^
199, 208, ai8, 219, 227, 234, 240,
243,251,451.
Wheeler, Hylas T., 387.

Rebecca, 297.

Samuel, 517, 523.
Wheelwright, Abraham, 246, 440, 591,
599.

Mrs. Anna, 212, 392,557*

Ebe'neser, 60, 147, 156, 165, 170,
212, 392, 5«7, 521, 550. 557.601.

Elizabeth, 441.

Elizabeth Cbgswell, 591.

George W., 417.

Serg. Jeremiah, 525.

Maria Augusta, 14a

Mrs. Martha G., 140, 417.

Martha Gerrish, 238, 39a.

Rebecca, 246, 247.

Mrs. Rebecca, 246, 318, 320, 321,

591.

Samuel A., 501.

Mrs. Sarah, 557. .

WilUtm, 140, 238, 392-395* 417-
Wheelwright fund, 395.
Whicher, MorriU, 97, 98.

Moms, 97, 98.
Whipple, , 497. 499-

Benjamin, 95.

Charles, 500, 521.

Edwin P., 175.

James K., 137.

Samuel K., 41 7.
Whistles, Steam fire, 42.
Whitcomb, Mary E., 326.
White, Mrs. Betsey, 298, 555.

Daniel A., 67, 68, 135, 287, 600.

Daniel Appleton, 271, 280, 480,
492, 499.

Mis. Eliza, 271.

Elizabeth, 242, 271, 306.

Elizabeth Amelia, 271.

Gilman, 48, 306, 314, 555, 599,6oo.

Mrs. Hannah, 192.

Isabella Hazen, 271.

John, 94, 97, 98, 298.

Leonard, 590.

Mary, 227, 271, 414, 590.

Peggy Leonard, 550.

Hon. Phillips, 298.

Samuel, 192.

Thomas B., 517, 521, 555-
White Fawn (steamboat), 80.
Whitefield, Mrs. Elizabeth, 455, 456.

Rev. George, 455-457, 459,497,50i.

Thomas, 455.
Whitefield Congregational church and
society, 536. .

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Whitefield Milk, 153.
Whiting, Ann, 302, 557.

Leonard, 302.

Nathan, 96, 98.
Whitman, Hon. Ezekiel, 311.

Lucy, 201.

Susanna, 31 1 .
Whitmore, David, 33.

Jonathan, 33.

Joseph, III.

William, 524.
Whitney, Mrs. Dorothy Bass, 356.

iames E., 502.
iyron W., 183.

Nathan, 97.

Rev. Peter, 512.
Whiton, Harry F., 613.
Whittemore, Eliza, 414.

Joseph,88, 197, 516, 517.

Mary, 197.

Rachel, 197, 322.

Susan Floyd, 344.
Whittier, Hcniy Z., 609.

John G., 321, 324, 352, 480, 501.

Serg. Morrill, 90, 94.

Serg. Mo^e^, 90.
Whood, Samuel, 524.
Wiggin, Comfort, 382.
Wigglesworth, Edward, 29, 93, 95, 96,
98, 110, 117, Ii9t 147% M7, 228,
538,598.

Jehiel, 501.

Margaret, 550.

Mrs. Martha, 227.

Rev. Samuel, 227.
Wilbur, Edward P., 417.
Wilde, Mrs. Ann, 285.

Caroline Elisabeth, 279, 286, 482,
500, 559.

Daniel, 285.

Hon. Samuel S., 279, 482, 559.

Hon. Samuel Sumner, 285, 286.
Wildes, A. W., 163.

AsaW., 287, 555*^1-

Asa Waldo, 274, 280.

Mrs. Bethiah, 280, 555.

Dudley, 280, 555.

Mrs. Elisa Ann, 280, 555.

Dr. Josiah, 271.

Mary, 271.

Susan A.« 354.
Willett, Benjamin, 99.

James W., 539.

Nathaniel, 9i,97>98*
William Carroll (schooner), 23.
William P. Johnson (ship), 215.
Williams, Abbie W., 239.

Abraham, 28, 167, 308, 409, 524,
560, 600.

Williams, Mrs. Ann, 409.

Mrs. Annie Moseley, 304.

Bish<m, 318.

Mrs. Caroline Hall, 239.

Charles Jackson, 304.
. Constance, 304.

Elsie, 304.

Elizabeth, 295.

Enoch S., 149, 165, 604.

Dr. F., 239.

Francis Cabot, 304.

George, 295.

George W. A., 303, 304t 417.

Georgianna, 304.

Mrs. Hannah, 103, 304.

Mrs. Hannah M., 409.

Helen Ladd, 304.

John J., 235.

John Q. A., 303, 304.

John Quincy Adams, 409.

Joseph, 158, 336.

Joseph Balch, 304.

Lemuel S., 54a

Mrs. Lydia Ann, 540.

Martha Moody, 304.

Pearce PenhaUow, 304.

Robert, 28.

Robert B., jr., 417.

Mrs. Susan Lydim, 303, 304.

WUIiam C, 160.
Williams, Abraham, fund, 409.
Williamson, William, 91, 94, 97, 98.
Willis, Benjamfai, 282.

Elizabeth, 282.

Joseph, 97, 99.

Nancy, 282.

Sarah Payson, 332. .

William, 468.
Wills, John, 142, 147, 156, 161, 167,
601.

lohn N., 71.

RufusA., 606.

Mrs. Sarah, 253.

William H., 175.
Wills, R., ft Son, 416.
Wilmington, Del., 72.

Mass., 315.
Wilson, Rev. John, 572.

John Parker, 104.

Joseph, 422, 519, 524,

Simon E., 609.

William K., 521.
Winder, Mr., C93,

John W., 184.

Robin, 96.
Windham, Conn., 272.
Wind mill, 16.
Windsor, Vt., 267, 382.
Wingate, Elizal>eth, 291.

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Wingate, ToMpb,437.

Col. Jotbua, 391.
Wiokley, J. Otb, 607-609.
Winslow, Sarah, 967, 268, 556.

Sidney W., 154.
Winter street* 31, 37, 68, ia8, 179,

239, 300, 45«-
Winthrop, John, jr., 572, 580.
Wiscasset, Me., 19, 463.
•* Wishiad,** 502.
Witchcraft, 536, 566, 578.
Wilhiiiglon, Arthur, 287, 611, 612.

David L., 114, 178, 287.

Leonard, 174, 175, 501.

Lothrop, 348.

Nathan N., 177, 178, 348, 400, 415,
491.
Woart, Mary, 131, 132.

W., 207.

William, 63, 64, 67, 68, 125, 128,
129, 135. «57. 158, 600.
Wotmm, Man., 347.
Wolfe, General, 120, 35a

Janet, esq., 378.
Wolfe, General, Sign of, 120.
Wolfe Uvem, 29, 67, 120, 128, 156,
17', 306, 350, 377, 378, 454t 460,

Women's Christian Association, 146.
Wood, Mr., 452.

Mrs. Abieail, 560.

Abner, 165, 247, 599-

Albert, 70.

Charles G., 417.

David, 30, 291,417.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 66.

George, 314, 315.

George A., 417-

Hannah B., 45.

James, 518, 519, 5*5-

Mrs. Jane, 291.

Jane R., 28.

John, 66. 70, 154. 161, 162, 167,
600, 601.

Jonathan, 520, 523, 560.

Mrs. Mary, 314.

Samuel, 519.

Thoinaf, 103, 519.

William, 314, 518, 522.
Wood, John, & Son, 399.
Woodbiidge, » 524.

John, 571.

Sarah, 189, 191, 193, 277.
Woodbury, Benjamin, 104.

Jam^, 104.

John, 104.

Lydia M., 303, 304.

Sarah Eliza, 335.

Woodbury, N. J., 35a.

Woodland street, 14, 15, 145, 473,

570.
Woodpum, Alfred, 347.

Ann, 265.

Arcbelaos, 56.

Charles, 347.

Charles T., 315.

Daniel, 346.

Edward, 571.

George F., 81, 180, 539, 612.

Mrs. Hannah, 315.

Hercules, 56.

Jas., 524.

Jonathan, 49, 92, no, 112.

Joseph, 3d, 517.

loaeph H., 315.

Mary, 346, 347.

Miriam, 508.

Moses, 97, 98.

Nathaniel, S^o^ $^2.

Mrs. Sarah, 346.
Woods, Frank O., 135.

Rev. Leonard, D. D., 500.
Woodwell, David T., 493, 604.

Gideon, 33, no, 112, 584.

John, 215, 608.

Joseph A., 607.
Woolen Manufacturing Company,New-

buryport, 146, 147.
Worcester, George W., 145, 309.

Rev. Samuel, 532.
Worcester, Mass., 182, 320, 326, 335,

365, 377, 400, 454, 463, 540.
Worrell, Mrs. Margare. F., 478.
Worth, Lionel, 570.
Wreck of schooner Carrie H. Spoffocd,

a4.
Wrecks, 24, 74, 372, 392.
Wright, Mrs. Eliza, 215.

Mrs. Elizabeth, 556.

Henry C, 63, 215, 556.

Miriam, 556.

Seth, 556.
Wyatt, Benjamin, 60, 600.

Stephen, 97, 99»

Thomas, 516-518.
Wyer, Nathaniel, jr., 520.

William, 30, 124, 599.
Wyman, Mrs. Margaret, 306, 556.

Mrs. Mary W., 305, 556.

Dr. Samuel W., 309, 556.

Dr. Samuel Wheeler, 305.

WUIiam, 305, 556.

YACHTS, 27, 80-83.
Yale college, 272, 278, 310, 318,
320, 406, 413, 549.

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Yarmouth, Eng.^.451.

Me., 27.

Mass., 286.
Yarn, CoUon, 151.

Woolen, 238.
Yatte, Thomas, 516, 518.
Yellow (ever, 294, 372.
Yonkers, N. Y., 239, 352.
York, John, 88, 89.
York, Me., 20, 357, 286, 349, 456,

457-
Young, Eben A., 610.
Mrs. Elisabeth, 212, 440.

Young, Israel, 164, 212, 599.
Serg. James, 516, S^^
John, 525
Dr. John F., 309.
Corp. William, 525.
Young Men^s Christian Association,

«45»3"9. 401.
Young Women^s Christian Assodation,
146,401.

ZANESVILLE, O., 477-
Zepher (steam yacht), 80.
2^errahn, Carl, 183.

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